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Educational spread as a ‘Coordination Game’ : theory and application to Portugal
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This paper examines the recent evolution of higher education in Portugal under the
light of an n-person coordination game. We feature two alternative coordination requirements,
namely “unanimity”, which expresses a cooperative agreement, and “k-coordination”, which is
driven by efficiency considerations.
We find that public policy has driven higher education to fully cover the territory and in
particular individuals living in sparsely populated areas. This orientation might have brought
about a loss of scale economies in teaching and, consequently, in the efficiency of tertiary
education. This is a plausible explanation for the disconnection between higher education
spread and economic growth during the more recent period.
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Education Regional Development Coordination Games Risk Dominance
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Citação
Pontes, José Pedro e João Dias (2024). "Educational spread as a ‘Coordination Game’ : theory and application to Portugal". REM Working paper series, nº 0330/2024
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ISEG – REM (Research in Economics and Mathematics)