Using market valuation to assess public school spending

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1747-1769

  Barrow, Lisa ^a   Rouse, Cecilia Elena ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Education spending; Efficiency; School choice; Tiebout

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142646411     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(03)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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