Efficiency in public schools: Does competition matter?

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 134-157

  Millimet, Daniel L ^a   Collier, Trevor ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Panel data; School choice; School quality; Spatial autocorrelation; Tiebout

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EFFICIENCY; FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENTS; ILLINOIS; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SCHOOL CHOICE; SCHOOL QUALITY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; TIEBOUT; TWO STAGES;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

EID: 50049091152     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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