Some economic guidelines for design of a charter school district

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-343

  Levin, Henry M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter districts; Charter schools; Economies of scale; Externalities; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMY OF SCALE; EDUCATION; GUIDELINE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84857364848     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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