Multi-product total cost functions for higher education: The case of Chinese research universities

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-511

  Longlong, Hou ^a   Fengliang, Li ^b   Weifang, Min ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Multi product cost function

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RESEARCH WORK; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349097161     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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