The contributions of technical and allocative efficiency to the economic performance of European railways

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relative contribu- tions of allocative and technical effi ciency to the productivity performance of European railways over the period 1972 to 1999. A stochastic frontier approach is used to analyse the cost structure of the railway industry. We estima...

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Main Author: Couto, António (author)
Other Authors: Graham, Daniel J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15570
Country:Portugal
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