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Research Funding and Performance in U.K. University Departments of Economics: A Frontier Analysis.
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Johnes, Jill; Johnes, Geraint – Economics of Education Review, 1995
Uses data-envelopment analysis to investigate UK university economics departments' technical efficiency as producers of research, highlighting the role of external funding. The data set is an extended version of that employed by the 1989 Universities Funding Council peer review. DEA contributes positively to developing meaningful indicators of…
Descriptors: Departments, Economic Research, Economics, Efficiency
Neither Poison nor Panacea.
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Johnes, Jill; Johnes, Geraint – Economics of Education Review, 1995
This rejoinder to K. K. Fung's critique of the authors' data-envelopment analysis (DEA) article argues that eliminating inefficiency by competition requires perfect information, not just freedom of entry and exit. DEA provides the necessary information, but is not intended as a mechanism to replace peer review. (MLH)
Descriptors: Competition, Departments, Economics, Efficiency