Some new evidence of the character of competition among higher education institutions

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-470

  Allen, Robert F ^a   Shen, Jianshou ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Demand; Elasticity; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040314984     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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