Making or buying evidence: using transaction cost economics to understand decision making in public school districts
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Making or buying evidence : Using transaction cost economics to understand decision making in public school districts
We propose transaction cost economics theory as a tool for exploring when school administrators rely on information from two types of sources: internal sources like their own colleagues, and external sources like researchers and government agencies. The theory’s application is illustrated in a comparative case study of two public school districts in Michigan. Consistent with the theory’s predic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1744-2648
DOI: 10.1332/174426416x14778277473701