State spending on higher education: Testing the balance wheel over time

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-369

  Delaney, Jennifer A ^a   Doyle, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052183709     PISSN: 00989495     EISSN: 19446470     Source Type: Journal    
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