Earmarking and the business cycle: The case of state spending on higher education

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-359

  Bhatt, Rachana ^a   Rork, Jonathan C ^b   Walker, Mary Beth ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earmarks; Higher education finance

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; BUSINESS CYCLE; FINANCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE;

EID: 79956278407     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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