The determinants of costs and efficiencies where producers are heterogeneous: The case of Spanish universities

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Johnes, Geraint ^a   Salas Velasco, Manuel ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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