School finance reform and the distribution of student achievement

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1-26

  Lafortune, Julien ^a   Rothstein, Jesse ^a   Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85045036456     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20160567     Document Type: Article

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