Institutional structure and education spending

Public Finance Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 411-446

  Landon, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0032398727     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114219802600501     Document Type: Article

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