Education-A bad public good?

Independent Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-256

  Shaw, Jane S ^a  

^a John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FEDERAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957298886     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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