Measurement of technical efficiency in public education: A stochastic and nonstochastic production function approach

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 889-905

  Chakraborty, Kalyan ^a   Biswas, Basudeb ^b   Lewis, W Cris ^b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035588005     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061576     Document Type: Article

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