A revealed preference ranking of U.S. Colleges and universities

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 425-467

  Avery, Christopher N ^a   Glickman, Mark E ^b   Hoxby, Caroline M ^c   Metrick, Andrew ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RANKING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873582749     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs043     Document Type: Article

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