Local government amalgamation policy: A highway maintenance evaluation

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 438-463

  Rouse, Paul ^a   Putterill, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Local government amalgamations; Public sector performance measurement; Service efforts and accomplishments reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444494050     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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