Optimal scale of a public elementary school with commuting costs—a case study of Taipei county

Hung-Lin Tao; Ming-Ching Yuan

Economics of Education Review Vol. 24, No. 4 pp. 407–416

This study demonstrates the importance of commuting costs while determining the optimal school scale. It is found that, without commuting costs, the elementary schools in Taipei county are characterized by increasing returns to scale, and that the...

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