Long- and short-term cost efficiency frontier evaluation: Evidence from Spanish local governments

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-139

  Giménez, Victor M ^a   Prior, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33947227438     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2007.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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