Intergenerational Conflict, Partisan Politics, and Public Higher Education Spending: Evidence from the German States
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Keywords
demographic change; public higher education spending; partisan politics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2006-12-09 (Education)
- NEP-EEC-2006-12-09 (European Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2006-12-09 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2006-12-09 (Positive Political Economics)
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