Excess-input expenditure estimated by means of an input-distance function: The case of public railways

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 491-497

  Bosco, Bruno ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE INEFFICIENCY; EXCESS-INPUT EXPENDITURE; INPUT-DISTANCE FUNCTION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PUBLIC RAILWAY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029799407     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328623     Document Type: Article

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