State merit-based financial aid programs and college attainment

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 364-390

  Sjoquist, David L ^a   Winters, John V ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FINANCE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930692376     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12161     Document Type: Article

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