The concept of public goods, the state, and higher education finance: a view from the BRICs

Higher Education

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-378

  Carnoy, Martin ^a   Froumin, Isak ^b   Loyalka, Prashant K ^a   Tilak, Jandhyala B G ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c National University of Educational Planning and Administration   (India)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Cost differentiation; Externalities; State legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938552835     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9717-1     Document Type: Article

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