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The financial distress of public sector entities : evidence from Italian public universities
Bisogno, Marco; Citro, Francesca; Tommasetti, Aurelio - In: International journal of accounting, auditing and … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 203-227
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010351470
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College expansion and the marginal returns to education : evidence from Russia
Belskaya, Olga; Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Posso, Christian - 2014
This paper evaluates whether the expansion of higher education is economically worthwhile based on a recent surge in the number of campuses and college graduates in Russia. Our empirical strategy relies on the marginal treatment effect method in both normal and semi‐parametric versions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462897
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Essentials of Managing Research Quality in Thai Universities
Nagi, Kuldeep - 2020
contributed to a compliance-oriented culture of research in most universities. Any deviation from the stipulated practices can … universities must enhance incentives, such as grants, scholarships, assistantship, and improve advising skills of Thai faculty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831757
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Determinants of economic sustainability in higher education institutions
Chebeň, Juraj; Lančarič, Drahoslav; Munk, Michal; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 22 (2020) 54, pp. 462-479
Despite the attention being paid to the environmental and social dimension of sustainability of Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the literature, little empirical research has focused on economic sustainability considering the HEI as an entity depending on financial funds provided by...
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Higher Education Corruption in Ukraine as Reflected in the Nation's Media
Osipian, Ararat - 2008
This paper considers corruption in higher education in Ukraine as reflected in the national media, including such aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions and corruption in administering the newly introduced standardized test. The major focus is on the opinions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218640
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Can Conditional Grants Attract Better Students : Evidence from Chinese Normal Universities
Han, Li; Xie, Jiaxin - 2015
One recent policy tend to improve teacher quality is providing conditional grants to trainees in teacher colleges and commit them to working in disadvantaged areas upon graduation. Yet little is known whether such policies attract better trainees. This paper evaluates a conditional grant program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014135616
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Expansion of higher education and time-consistent taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264213
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Eliteuniversitäten - Gewinner im Wettbewerb um Studierende?
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Fischer, Georg-Benedikt; Wigger, … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 2, pp. 125-128
of faculties or degree programmes rather than the reputation of universities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477695
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The impact of tuition fees and support on university participation in the UK
Dearden, Lorraine; Fitzsimons, Emla; Wyness, Gill - 2011
Understanding how policy can affect university participation is important for understanding how governments can promote human capital accumulation. In this paper, we estimate the separate impacts of tuition fees and maintenance grants on the decision to enter university in the UK. We use Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331032
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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - 2012
research more on societal problems, while being better empowered and enabled by Governments. Universities must show leadership … in resolving or channeling the major societal questions. More European competition between universities in education and … research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331415