Input-output efficiency, productivity dynamics, and determinants in western China’s higher education: A three-stage DEA, global Malmquist index, and Tobit model approach

• Rui Guo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Foreign Languages, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

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• Meng Ye

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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  Affiliation College of Public Administration and Humanities, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0384-2321

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