The Sensitivity of Capital Use to Price in Higher Education |
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Authors: | Getz Malcolm Siegfried John J |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1819, USA |
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Abstract: | We test whether U.S. colleges and universities adjust their physical capital intensity to differences in factor prices by regressing the square feet of space per student on construction prices across institutions. The results indicate that physical space at selective liberal arts colleges and private comprehensive universities is unresponsive to relative factor prices but do reflect differences in institutional wealth. At public comprehensive universities and two-year colleges the evidence suggests that students enjoy more space per student where building costs are lower. |
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Keywords: | Capital education higher education productivity students per square foot |
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