Abstract
The dissertation is comprised of two independent chapters on competition between universities and how government policy changes the nature of the competition. The first chapter looks at how in-state tuition effects competition between public and private four year universities. The second chapter looks at how federal aid effects the behavior of individual for-profit universities, and estimates the effect of a rule change on the amount of federal aid revenue collected by for-profit universities.
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Economics
Date of Award
January 2016
Recommended Citation
Davis, Zachary George, "Essays on University Competition" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1382.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1382
First Advisor
Kevin J Mumford
Second Advisor
John M Barron
Committee Member 1
Justin L Tobias
Committee Member 2
Brian Roberson