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| Bandres, Eduardo | 1 |
| Dundar, Halil | 1 |
| Haksever, Cengiz | 1 |
| Lewis, Darrell R. | 1 |
| Mancebon, Maria-Jesus | 1 |
| Mayston, David J. | 1 |
| Muragishi, Yuki | 1 |
| Plank, David N. | 1 |
| Scott, Gary J. | 1 |
| Verhine, Robert E. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHaksever, Cengiz; Muragishi, Yuki – Education Economics, 1998
Applies data envelopment analysis to measure value added in Master of Business Administration education in the United States. Highlights the MBA program as an example of a value-adding process in education, and demonstrates how such programs' efficiency in providing value to students may be evaluated. The top 20 MBA programs resemble the second 20…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedPlank, David N.; Verhine, Robert E. – Education Economics, 1995
Recent literature on Brazilian educational finance has documented low expenditure levels and problems of efficiency, efficacy, and equity. This paper analyzes financial data from Bahia state "municipios" and examines revenue and expenditure trends to explain variations in financial commitment across "municipios." Local interest…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Efficiency
Peer reviewedLewis, Darrell R.; Dundar, Halil – Education Economics, 1995
Examines production and cost structures of 28 Turkish universities to estimate their economies of scale and scope. Estimates multiproduct cost functions for teaching and research, examining social, health, and engineering sciences departments across 186 college faculties. Average incremental and marginal costs are highest for graduate instruction…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMayston, David J. – Education Economics, 1996
Explores whether observed levels of educational attainment and expenditure per student are endogenously determined by schools' optimizing behavior in resource-allocation decisions, considering both supply- and demand-side factors. This process can generate patterns of expenditure per student in line with empirical findings. Difficulties with…
Descriptors: Econometrics, Educational Attainment, Educational Policy, Efficiency
Peer reviewedMancebon, Maria-Jesus; Bandres, Eduardo – Education Economics, 1999
Evaluates efficiency of a sample of Spanish secondary schools, focusing on the measurement model's theoretical specification and the "ex post" analysis of results. Highlights characteristics that differentiate the most efficient schools from the least efficient. Stresses the importance of employing information supplied by both…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedScott, Gary J. – Education Economics, 2000
A general equilibrium schooling model shows that greater school efficiency is complementary with more equal opportunity, increased overall learning, more integration, stable teacher salaries, and fewer course preparations per teacher. Transferring students to area schools with curricula suited to their abilities would secure these ends. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Economics
