The efficiency of Australian universities: A data envelopment analysis

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Abbott, M ^a   Doucouliagos, C ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Educational economics; Efficiency; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037294113     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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