Yardstick competition and public sector innovation

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-361

  Rincke, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Public schools; Public sector innovation; School districts; Yardstick competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549090309     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9070-3     Document Type: Article

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