Investing in schools: capital spending, facility conditions, and student achievement

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-29

  Martorell, Paco ^a   Stange, Kevin ^b   McFarlin, Isaac ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

School bonds; School facilities; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975859155     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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