Technical Efficiency of European Metro Systems: The Effects of Operational Management and Socioeconomic Environment

This study focuses on the relationship between the operational performance of metro systems and their socioeconomic contexts. We use a two-stage methodology applied to a sample of 17 European metro systems. First, we apply a stochastic frontier approach to establish the optimal production function a...

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Main Author: António Lobo (author)
Other Authors: António Couto (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/85083
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/85083