The paper provides a brief exposition on the logic underlying demand for quality-differentiated products. The argument builds and extends on basic constructs from undergraduate microeconomics followed by a brief critique of market responses to consumer preferences for quality variation....

This paper attempts to assess outcomes of school system decentralization in Poland. National examination results are analyzed using the value-added model of teaching quality. Variation in decentralized spending is related to estimates of achievement growth. Exploring exam results for three...