An empirical study of matching grants: The 'cap on CAP'

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-288

  Baker, Michael ^a,c   Payne, A Abigail ^b,c   Smart, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Federal Funding mechanisms; H77; Social expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130168     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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