Does price matter? Overseas students in UK higher education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-565

  Soo, Kwok Tong ^a   Elliott, Caroline ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand estimation; Overseas students; UK universities

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953024203     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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