Efficiency and technological change at US research universities

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-186

  Foltz, Jeremy D ^a   Barham, Bradford L ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Kim, Kwansoo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distance function; Efficiency; Technical change; University R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857918455     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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