Sorting with motivated agents: Implications for school competition and teacher incentives

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 404-414

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Ghatak, Maitreesh ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34948825763     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2006.4.2-3.404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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