Good principals or good peers? Parental valuation of school characteristics, tiebout equilibrium, and the incentive effects of competition among jurisdictions

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1333-1350

  Rothstein, Jesse M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749603639     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.4.1333     Document Type: Article

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