An Application of the Cobb-Douglas Model to the Association of Research Libraries.

Hayes, Robert M; And Others

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Publication Date: 1983

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An Application of the Cobb-Douglas Model to the Association of Research Libraries.

Hayes, Robert M; And Others

Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, v5 n3 p291-325 Fall 1983

Explores alternative measures--Ph.D.s produced by the institution, number of faculty, number of interlibrary loans, number of publications attributable to the institution--to be used to test applicability to research libraries of the Cobb-Douglas production function, which relates three variables--production, labor, and capital investment. Seventeen references are cited. (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Mathematical Models, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Publications, Regression (Statistics), Research Libraries, Statistical Data, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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