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Agasisti, Tommaso; Johnes, Geraint – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Among the major trends in the higher education (HE) sector, the development of rankings as a policy and managerial tool is of particular relevance. However, despite the diffusion of these instruments, it is still not clear how they relate with traditional performance measures, like unit costs and efficiency scores. In this paper, we estimate a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Costs, Efficiency, Reputation
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Johnes, Geraint; Johnes, Jill; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Cost functions are estimated, using random effects and stochastic frontier methods, for English higher education institutions. The article advances on existing literature by employing finer disaggregation by subject, institution type and location, and by introducing consideration of quality effects. Estimates are provided of average incremental…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Costs, Cost Effectiveness