Educational vouchers and cream skimming

International Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1395-1435

  Epple, Dennis ^b   Romano, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 54249086738     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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