@article{Lissitsa:24482,
      recid = {24482},
      author = {Lissitsa, Alexej and Coelli, Tim J. and Rao, D.S. Prasada},
      title = {Agricultural Economics Education in Ukrainian Agricultural  Universities: An Efficiency Analysis Using Data Envelopment  Analysis},
      address = {2005},
      number = {724-2016-49036},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {Ukraine's transition from a centrally-planned to a market  economy has had a profound effect upon its agricultural  sector and agricultural universities. A substantial  reduction in state financing has forced universities to  adopt a range of survival strategies, with varying degrees  of success. In this paper we use data envelopment analysis  to examine the technical efficiency of 44 agricultural  economics programs from 19 Ukrainian universities during  the 2002/03 academic year. Our empirical results indicate  wide disparities in performance, ranging from 36% to 100%  technical efficiency. A second-stage analysis suggests that  factors such as student demand, commercial activities and  staff quality help explain a portion of this variation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/24482},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.24482},
}