Broadband in school: Impact on student performance

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-282

  Belo, Rodrigo ^a   Ferreira, Pedro ^b   Telang, Rahul ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Education; Instrumental variables; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894387096     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1770     Document Type: Article

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