Governmental structure, trustee selection, and public university prices and spending: Multiple means to similar ends

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 845-861

  Lowry, Robert C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035538486     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2669328     Document Type: Article

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