Unintended consequence of centralized public school funding in Michigan education

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 534-544

  Zimmer, Ron ^a   Jones, John T ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 12744280091     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20062058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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