Studying on the efficiency of higher education resource allocation and its influencing factors in the western China using DEA-Malmquist and Tobit models

• Ziyu Ye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Education Science, Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China

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• Ribesh Khanal,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Economics and Management, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-8007

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• Zhiqiang Cao

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 1874043022@qq.com

  Affiliation School of Economics and management, Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-3776

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