Efficiency and productivity growth in Chinese universities during the post-reform period

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-192

  NG, Ying Chu ^a   LI, Sung ko ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese universities; Congestion; Malmquist productivity index; Research; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349108768     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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