The impact of fiscal incentives on student disability rates

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 1557-1589

  Cullen, Julie Berry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Financial incentives; Moral hazard; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041340920     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00203-1     Document Type: Article

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