Competition and efficiency: Overseas students and technical efficiency in Australian and New Zealand universities

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-57

  Abbott, Malcolm ^a   Doucouliagos, Chris ^b  

^a KPMG Australia   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Efficiency; Output distance education; Overseas students

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PANEL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 61649102911     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290701773433     Document Type: Article

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