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Garcia Aracil, A. (2013). Understanding Productivity Changes in Public Universities: Evidence from Spain. Research Evaluation. 22(5):351-368. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvt009

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Title: Understanding Productivity Changes in Public Universities: Evidence from Spain
Author: Garcia Aracil, Adela
UPV Unit: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento - Institut de Gestió de la Innovació i del Coneixement
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This paper describes the dynamic changes in productivity in Spanish public universities (SPU) in the period 1994 to 2008. The Malmquist index is used to illustrate the contribution of efficiency and technological change ...[+]
Subjects: Productivity Change , Malmquist , Spanish Public Universities , Public universities , Productivity , Technical and scale efficiency , Technological change
Copyrigths: Reserva de todos los derechos
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Research Evaluation. (issn: 0958-2029 )
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt009
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Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy F - Oxford Open Option D
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvt009
Type: Artículo

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