A 'technically level playing-field' profit efficiency analysis of enforced competition between publicly funded institutions

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1601-1626

  Glass, J C ^a   McCallion, G ^a   McKillop, D G ^b   Stringer, K ^a  

^a School of Financial Services   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Profit efficiency; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC SECTOR; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33745471982     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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