Estimation of benchmark performance standards: An application to public school expenditures

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-161

  Dopuch, Nicholas ^a   Gupta, Mahendra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost control; Education expenditures; Relative performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031190784     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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