Self-interest and public funding of education

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 703-727

  Soares, Jorge ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public education; Self interest; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038406175     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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