RT Journal Article
T1 Size efficiency, splits and merger gains, and centralized resource reallocation of Spanish public universities
A1 Contreras Rubio, Ignacio
A1 Lozano, Sebastián
K1 Public universities
K1 Data envelopment analysis
K1 Size efficiency
K1 Merger gains
K1 Resource reallocation
AB In this paper, the Spanish public university system is thoroughly analyzed in order to maximize its efficiency. First, the current technical and size efficiency of the different universities is assessed and those that should be split are identified. In a second phase, bearing in mind that it is the regional governments that supervise and control the public universities in Spain, the gains from potential mergers of universities within each Spanish region are individually evaluated. The third and last phase consists of reallocating the transferable resources between the universities within each region. The efficiency gains provided by each of these phases are quantified and added up, which leads to a significant efficiency improvement and a revised, optimal sector structure.
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/20606
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/20606
LA en
NO I. Contreras, S. Lozano, Size efficiency, splits and merger gains, and centralized resource reallocation of Spanish public universities, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 81, 2022, 101190,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2021.101190.
NO Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026