Shopping for schools: How do marginal consumers gather information about schools?

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-145

  Buckley, Jack ^a   Schneider, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; INFORMATION;

EID: 0142199001     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0072.t01-1-00008     Document Type: Article

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