Heuristics, low information rationality, and choosing public goods: Broken windows as shortcuts to information about school performance

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 729-740

  Schneider, Mark ^a   Marschall, Melissa ^a   Roch, Christine ^a   Teske, Paul ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PUBLIC GOODS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032804798     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10780879922184167     Document Type: Article

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