The governance and performance of universities: Evidence from Europe and the US

Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 61, 2010, Pages 7-59

  Aghion, Philippe ^a   Dewatripont, Mathias ^b   Hoxby, Caroline ^c   Mas Colell, Andreu ^d   Sapir, André ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ACCOUNTABILITY; AUTONOMY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EXPENDITURE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73049102303     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2009.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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