On the political economy of educational vouchers

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-73

  Epple, Dennis ^a,b   Romano, Richard ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

D72; Education political economy; H44; I22; Voting; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913550584     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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