Jockeying for position: Strategic high school choice under Texas' top ten percent plan

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-48

  Cullen, Julie Berry ^a   Long, Mark C ^b   Reback, Randall ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

College admission; Incentive effects; Moral hazard; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869471310     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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