The impact of higher education reform on research performance of Chinese universities

China Economic Review

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-105

  Yaisawarng, Suthathip ^a   Ng, Ying Chu ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Education reform; Malmquist index; Meta frontier; Productive efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908095206     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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