Merit aid, college quality, and college completion: Massachusetts' adams scholarship as an in-kind subsidy

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 251-285

  Cohodes, Sarah R ^a   Goodman, Joshua S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907717238     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.4.251     Document Type: Article

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