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The Economics of Cost, Price and Quality in U.S. Higher Education

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  • Michael S. McPherson
  • Gordon C. Winston

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  • Michael S. McPherson & Gordon C. Winston, 1991. "The Economics of Cost, Price and Quality in U.S. Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-13, Department of Economics, Williams College.
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    1. Carl Shapiro, 1983. "Optimal Pricing of Experience Goods," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 14(2), pages 497-507, Autumn.
    2. Hansmann, Henry, 1990. "Why Do Universities Have Endowments?," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 19(1), pages 3-42, January.
    3. Estelle James, 1978. "Product Mix and Cost Disaggregation: A Reinterpretation of the Economics of Higher Education," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 13(2), pages 157-186.
    4. Ralph M. Bradburd & Duncan P. Mann, 1991. "Wealth in Higher Education Institutions," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-10, Department of Economics, Williams College.
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    1. Michael Rothschild & Lawrence J. White, 1993. "The University in the Marketplace: Some Insights and Some Puzzles," NBER Chapters, in: Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education, pages 11-42, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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