Lehmann, Erik; Meoli, Michele; Paleari, Stefano; … - 2016 - version 1.0, November 2016
In this paper, we compare the efficiency of the Italian and German university system in the process of translating … public funding into the multiple outputs of a university, i.e. graduating students, publishing research, and patenting … over the period 2006-2011, we find that Italian universities are significantly better in terms of cost efficiency than …