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The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes

Jeffrey T. Denning and Todd R. Jones
Journal of Human Resources, October 2021, 56 (4) 1113-1140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.4.0419-10167R1
Jeffrey T. Denning
Jeffrey T. Denning is an associate professor of economics at Brigham Young University.
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Todd R. Jones is an assistant professor of economics at Mississippi State University. Much of the work was performed while Jones was a postdoctoral research associate at Georgia Policy Labs at Georgia State University.
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