Measuring efficiency in local government: An analysis of New South Wales municipalities' domestic waste management function

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 232-249

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a   Dollery, Brian E ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0035175587     PISSN: 00190292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2001.tb02088.x     Document Type: Article

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