Do institutions matter for University cost efficiency? Evidence from Germany

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-203

  Kempkes, Gerhard ^a   Pohl, Carsten ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Employment Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Higher education; Institutions; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 45749151364     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifn009     Document Type: Article

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