Efficiency of Junior High Schools and the Role of Proprietary Structure

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-552

  Barbetta, Gian Paolo ^a   Turati, Gilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 44849125697     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2003.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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