Risky higher education and subsidies

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 979-1023

  Akyol, Ahmet ^a   Athreya, Kartik ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

College education; Heterogeneous agents; Human capital risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644362765     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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