Does it pay to get an A? School resource allocations in response to accountability ratings

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-42

  Craig, Steven G ^a   Imberman, Scott A ^b   Perdue, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education accountability systems; Education expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864771876     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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