International student mobility in Hong Kong: Private good, public good, or trade in services?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1079-1101

  Oleksiyenko, Anatoly ^a   Cheng, Kai Ming ^a   Yip, Hak Kwong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Policy 21 ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

international student mobility; internationalization; private good; public good; trades in services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882660791     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.630726     Document Type: Article

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