Economic modeling and analysis of educational vouchers

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-183

  Epple, Dennis ^a,c   Romano, Richard ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cream skimming; education policy; peer effects; school choice; school competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873167378     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080511-110900     Document Type: Article

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