The politics of public provision of education

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1507-1534

  Levy, Gilat ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 31444447827     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355305775097489     Document Type: Review

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