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Privatizing Higher Education in Spain
Marcos, Francisco - 2005
The Spanish university system has witnessed many changes in the last thirty years. Initial conditions for competition were laid down in 1983, specially through the recognition of legal status to private universities. However, the shortage of students since 1998 and the drop on demand for higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065959
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The External Social Benefits of Higher Education : Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications
McMahon, Walter W. - 2021
This paper provides a conceptual framework for the articles that follow in this special issue of the Journal of Education Finance by exploring how the external social benefits of higher education contribute to higher sustainable rates of per capita development of families and nations. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232627
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Religious Identity and the Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the Indian Princely States.
Chaudhary, Latika; Rubin, Jared - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013
Religious identity affects preferences and can consequently affect policy. We propose two mechanisms through which a ruler's religious identity can affect public good provision: i) greater provision of goods in regions where more subjects are the ruler's co-religionists, and ii) lower provision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699800
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On the public provision of positional goods
Christofzik, Désirée I.; Kessing, Sebastian - 2023
We investigate whether public provision of positional goods can be a sensible instrument to address inefficiencies arising from relative-standing externalities associated with the excessive consumption of such goods. In situations where consumers face a discrete choice between a private and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322446
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Public Education Spending in a Globalized World: Is there a Shift in Priorities Across Educational Stages?
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011
This paper studies the effect of globalization on public expenditures allocated to different stages of education. First …, we derive theoretically that globalization’s influence on education expenditures depends on the type of government. For … globalization on public education spending cannot be unambiguously predicted. In the second part of the paper, we empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319012
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Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2010
This paper studies the relationship between globalization and the composition of public education expenditures. The … theoretical model is embedded in a median voter setting and is based on the assumption that globalization leads to lower tax … globalization induces a shift from primary to tertiary education expenditures, which is backed up by empirical evidence from dynamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673504
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Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper studies the relationship between globalization and the composition of public education expenditures. The … theoretical model is embedded in a median voter setting and is based on the assumption that globalization leads to lower tax … globalization induces a shift from primary to tertiary education expenditures, which is backed up by empirical evidence from dynamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685497
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Globalization, redistribution, and the composition of public education expenditures
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2010
We analyze whether globalization affects the composition of public expenditures for education by integrating arguments … towards lower education. In industrialized countries, on the other hand, globalization has an ambiguous effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267052
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Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - CESifo - 2010
We analyze whether globalization affects the composition of public expenditures for education by integrating arguments … towards lower education. In industrialized countries, on the other hand, globalization has an ambiguous effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534031
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Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures
Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2010
We analyze whether globalization affects the composition of public expenditures for education by integrating arguments … towards lower education. In industrialized countries, on the other hand, globalization has an ambiguous effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148296