Higher education subsidies and heterogeneity: A dynamic analysis

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1459-1502

  Caucutt, Elizabeth M ^a   Kumar, Krishna B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic heterogeneous agent models; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410131     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(02)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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