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Markets in Higher Education: Do They Promote Internal Efficiency?

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  1. The Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, Inc., USA

    William F. Massy (president and emeritus professor)

  2. Stanford University, USA

    William F. Massy (president and emeritus professor)

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  1. Research Centre on Higher Education Policies — CIPES, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

    Pedro Teixeira & Alberto Amaral & 

  2. Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies — CHEPS, University of Twente, the Netherlands

    Ben Jongbloed

  3. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    David Dill

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Massy, W.F. (2004). Markets in Higher Education: Do They Promote Internal Efficiency?. In: Teixeira, P., Jongbloed, B., Dill, D., Amaral, A. (eds) Markets in Higer Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2835-0_2

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