The impact of merit-based financial aid on college enrollment: A field experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-106

  Monks, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Student financial aid

Indexed keywords

AID; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCE; PRICING POLICY; STUDENT;

EID: 57349198717     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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