Relative efficiency of higher education in Croatia and Slovenia: An international comparison

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 13, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 362-376

  Obadic, Alka ^a   Aristovnik, Aleksander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Higher education; New EU member states; OECD; Public expenditure; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867792334     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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