Charters without lotteries: Testing takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1878-1920

  Abdulkadiroǧlu, Atila ^a   Angrist, Joshua D ^b,c   Hull, Peter D ^b   Pathak, Parag A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84978883282     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20150479     Document Type: Article

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