A new test of borrowing constraints for education

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 511-538

  Brown, Meta ^a   Karl scholz, John ^b   Seshadri, Ananth ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrowing constraints; Education

Indexed keywords

AID; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FINANCE; INVESTMENT; MODELING;

EID: 84860514163     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr032     Document Type: Article

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