Budget-constrained frontier measures of fiscal equality and efficiency in schooling

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-124

  Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Hayes, Kathy J ^a   Taylor, Lori L ^a   Weber, William L ^a  

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EID: 0031504976     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465397556458     Document Type: Article

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