Data envelopment analysis and its application to the measurement of efficiency in higher education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-288

  Johnes, Jill ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement; Higher education

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; MODEL;

EID: 33745040948     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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