More evidence that university administrators are utility maximizing bureaucrats

Economics of Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-101

  Coates, Dennis ^a   Humphreys, Brad R ^a   Vachris, Michelle A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrollment supply; Higher education; Political constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444398136     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-003-0064-4     Document Type: Article

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