Testing for quasi-market forces in secondary education

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-390

  Bradley, Steve ^a   Crouchley, Robert ^a   Millington, Jim ^a   Taylor, Jim ^a  

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EID: 0039591338     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00176     Document Type: Article

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