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Taking a Chance on College

Is the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program a Winner?

Amanda Pallais
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 199-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.199
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