Does competition among public schools benefit students and taxpayers? Comment

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2026-2037

  Rothstein, Jesse ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38049174057     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.2026     Document Type: Note

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