On the measurement and causes of technical inefficiency in local public services: With an application to public education

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 403-428

  Ruggiero, John ^a   Duncombe, William ^b   Miner, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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