Which school districts qualified for federal school facility funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009? Evidence from Ohio

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-37

  Ingle, W Kyle ^a   Bowers, Alex J ^b   Davis, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84906860361     PISSN: 00989495     EISSN: 19446470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jef.2014.0029     Document Type: Article

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