Amalgamations of universities:are there economics of scale or scope?
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Applied Economics
- Vol. 25 (8), 1081-1092
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00036849300000088
Abstract
This paper estimates a multiple-output cost function for Australian universities. The estimates are used to evaluate the cost savings arising from the amalgamation of two or more institutions. These cost savings in turn are decomposed into those due to economics of scale and those due to economics of scope, using a new measure of economics of scope associated with the amalgamation of two institutions.Keywords
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