Economies of scale in public education: An econometric analysis

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-247

  Chakraborty, Kalyan ^a   Biswas, Basudeb ^b   Lewis, W Cris ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044518147     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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