Shopping for Schools
How Do Marginal Consumers Gather Information About Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Buckley, Mark Schneider (0000-0002-8385-345X) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-145 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1541-0072.t01-1-00008 |
| OpenAlex | W2135325318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 69 |
The theory of the marginal consumer holds that a subset of better informed consumers can create a globally more efficient market through their purchase decisions. In the market for education created by recent school choice initiatives, these “market mavens” are essential to the successful functioning of the choice system given the empirically documented low quantity and quality of information possessed by the average consumer. Little is known, however, about the differences between how marginal consumers and average consumers of education search for information and make decisions about their children's schooling
Advertising · Business · Consumer information · Economics · Marginal cost · Marginal utility · Microeconomics · Quality (philosophy · School choice · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · School Choice and Performance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |