School district consolidation policies: endogenous cost inefficiency and saving reversals
Some education policy studies suggest that consolidation of public school districts saves resources. However, endogeneity in cost models would result in incorrect estimates of the effects of consolidation. We use a new stochastic frontier methodology to examine district expenditures while handling e...
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Language: | English |
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Springer Verlag
2019
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