The relative efficiency of education and R&D expenditures in the new EU member states

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 832-848

  Aristovnik, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

DEA analysis; education; new EU members; OECD; public spending; R D; technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867275734     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2011.620167     Document Type: Article

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