Efficiency of Research Performance of Australian Universities: A Reappraisal using a Bootstrap Truncated Regression Approach

Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Lee, Boon L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84885182260     PISSN: 03135926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0313-5926(11)50032-3     Document Type: Article

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