Productivity analysis of Australian universities

• Published in: Pacific accounting review Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 386 - 400
• Main Authors: Moradi-Motlagh, Amir, Jubb, Christine, Houghton, Keith
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palmerston North Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Colleges & universities; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Decomposition; Efficiency; Expenditures; Funding; Linear programming; Productivity; Studies; Technological change; Australia; Productivity; H14; I23; H52; Efficiency; Universities

Purpose Facing budgetary challenges, successive Australian Governments have chosen to proportionally reduce public expenditure on universities relative to levels of activity in both teaching and research. The question asked in this paper is whether Australia’s universities increased their efficiency...