Dynamics of productivity in higher education: Cross-european evidence based on bootstrapped Malmquist indices

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-82

  Parteka, Aleksandra ^a   Wolszczak Derlacz, Joanna ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bootstrapped Malmquist index; Efficiency; Higher education; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879554618     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0320-0     Document Type: Article

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