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Explaining Increases in Higher Education Costs
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 79, Number 3, May/June 2008
- pp. 268-295
- 10.1353/jhe.0.0004
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
This article presents new evidence on the conflict between two competing explanations of the increase in college costs, the cost disease theory of William Baumol and William Bowen and the revenue theory of cost of Howard Bowen. Using cross-section data, the article demonstrates that the cost disease explanation is more important than the revenue theory.