Telling the truth may not pay off: An empirical study of centralized university admissions in Germany

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Braun, Sebastian ^a   Dwenger, Nadja ^b   Kübler, Dorothea ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Matching; Strategic behavior; University admissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950522121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2294     Document Type: Article

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