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as credence good 172, 268(n169);
decentralization program 157;
demand-side subsidies 153–64;
designing new system 164–74;
dual role of 174–5;
ends of/rationales for government intervention 145–8;
equality in 147–8;
equity/efficiency trade-off 170, 268(n161);
and erstwhile private institutions 164, 266(n129, n134, n141);
exit/voice 152–3, 262(n35);
and extra billing 170–1, 268(n160, n164);
and fly-by-night schools 267(n159);
for-profit suppliers 169, 267(n158), 268(n169);
free-for-all concerns 167, 267(n147);
goals of 260(n4);
government-owned/operated schools 149–53;
high marks signal 173, 269(n171);
inefficiency in 152;
inflexibility in 152, 262(n30);
and insufficient ‘values’ education 151;
and low skill levels 150–1;
mixed motivations for 46;
modes of government intervention 149–64;
moral hazard problem 168, 267(n154);
open enrollment 155;
and parental choice 154;
paternalistic 146–7;
political economy 173–4;
and positive externalities 148;
public voucher programs 158–64;
public/private education 149;
publicly financed 154, 157, 263(n45);
qualified consumers 164–6;
qualified suppliers 166–74;
reforms in 154;
and refundable tax credits 170;
and religious institutions 164, 167, 267(n148);
scope/value of vouchers 168–71;
screening hypothesis 261(n10);
skills model 145, 152, 260(n3);
and standardized testing 171, 268(n66);
and Tiebout choice 153–4, 262–3(n38);
and unequal access 151–2, 261–2(n27);
and value of liberal eucation 146, 260(n5);
and virtues of voucher system 145, 260(n2);
winnowing explanation 151, 261(n25)
Public Choice theory 37–8, 39, 224
Public Employment Service (PES) 210–11
Rawls, J. 82
Reagan, R. 44
Index 279