Faculty without students: Resource allocation in higher education

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-189

  Johnson, William R ^a   Turner, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77952796762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.2.169     Document Type: Article

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