New estimates of economies of scale and scope in higher education

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 172-183

  Laband, David N ^a   Lentz, Bernard F ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042744863     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061638     Document Type: Article

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