College cost and time to complete a degree: Evidence from tuition discontinuities

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 699-711

  Garibaldi, Pietro ^a   Giavazzi, Francesco ^b   Ichino, Andrea ^c   Rettore, Enrico ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84866900397     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00195     Document Type: Article

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