Centralized or decentralized control of school resources? A network model

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-150

  Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Hayes, Kathy ^b   Taylor, Lori L ^c   Weber, William ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget reallocation; Directional distance function; Network DEA; School district efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890403967     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-013-0379-2     Document Type: Article

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