Short- and long-term evaluation of efficiency and quality. An application to spanish municipalities

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2991-3002

  Balaguer Coll, M Teresa ^a   Prior, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349684825     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701351923     Document Type: Article

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