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Subsidies, Costs, Tuition and Aid in US Higher Education

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  • Ethan G. Lewis
  • Gordon C. Winston

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Data from a panel of 2,269 colleges and universities track the major changes in educational costs, prices, subsidies, and financial aid over the seven eventful years from 1986-87 to 1993-94.

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  • Ethan G. Lewis & Gordon C. Winston, 1997. "Subsidies, Costs, Tuition and Aid in US Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-41, Department of Economics, Williams College.
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    1. Michael S. McPherson & Morton Owen Schapiro, 1996. "Are We Keeping College Affordable? Student Aid, Access, and Choice in American Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-34, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    2. Susan Rose-Ackerman, 1996. "Altruism, Nonprofits, and Economic Theory," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 34(2), pages 701-728, June.
    3. Gordon C. Winston & Yen, I.C., 1995. "Costs, Prices, Subsidies, and Aid in U.S. Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-32, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    4. Michael S. McPherson & Morton Owen Schapiro, 1994. "Expenditures and Revenues in American Higher Education," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-27, Department of Economics, Williams College.
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    1. Gordon C. Winston & Jared C. Carbone & Laurie C. Hurshman, 2001. "Saving, Wealth, Performance, and Revenues in US Colleges and Universities," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-59, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    2. Winston, G.C., 1998. "A Guide to Measuring College Costs," Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education DP-46, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    3. Martin, Robert E., 2002. "Tuition discounting: theory and evidence," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 125-136, April.

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