Private education in india: A novel test of cream skimming

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Tabarrok, Alexander ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872650583     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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