The efficiency of museums: A stochastic frontier production function approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1853-1858

  Bishop, Paul ^a   Brand, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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MUSEUM;

EID: 0346332967     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000158064     Document Type: Article

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