University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1162-1176

  Horstschräer, Julia ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

College admission; Conditional logit; Higher education; University choice

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84866289729     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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