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Voting on meritocracy

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  • Gradstein, Mark, 2004. "Voting on meritocracy," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(4), pages 797-803, August.
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    1. Gradstein, Mark, 2003. "The political economy of public spending on education, inequality, and growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3162, The World Bank.
    2. Su, Xuejuan, 2006. "Endogenous determination of public budget allocation across education stages," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(2), pages 438-456, December.
    3. Mr. Mark Gradstein & Ms. Era Dabla-Norris, 2004. "The Distributional Bias of Public Education: Causes and Consequences," IMF Working Papers 2004/214, International Monetary Fund.

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