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College Choice, Private Options, and the Incidence of Public Investment in Higher Education

John Bound and Andrew Simon
Published online before print May 08, 2024, 0422-12291R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0422-12291R2
John Bound
John Bound () is the George E. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Economics, and Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and Research Associate at NBER.
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Andrew Simon () is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University.
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