We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The … a higher teaching quality but pay higher tuition fees. -- university competition ; research ; tuition fees …

A model is presented where universities competitively supply education to mobile students. Students are subject to a … liquidity constraint so that tuition must be paid out of pre-university income. It is shown that student loans provided by home … jurisdictions will ensure an efficient quality of higher education if loans do not contain any subsidy. If there is income …

Information plays a key role in markets with consumer choice. In education, data on schools is often gathered through …