Do business cycles affect state appropriations to higher education?

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 398-413

  Humphreys, Brad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0034359201     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061477     Document Type: Article

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