An Empirical Survey of Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques in Local Government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 23-52

  Worthington, Andrew ^a   Dollery, Brian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0002957905     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930008433988     Document Type: Article

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