Prevailing wage legislation and public school construction efficiency: A stochastic frontier approach

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-634

  Duncan, Kevin ^a   Philips, Peter ^b   Prus, Mark ^c  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevailing wage laws; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; WAGES;

CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCY; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER REGRESSION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CONSTRUCTION; LEGISLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746998473     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600601719     Document Type: Article

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