Does 'naming and shaming' work for schools and hospitals? Lessons from natural experiments following devolution in England and Wales

Public Money and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-252

  Bevan, Gwyn ^a   Wilson, Deborah ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; hospitals; league tables; performance measurement; ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877865970     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799801     Document Type: Article

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