The technical efficiency of public and private ownership in the rail industry: The case of Swiss private railways

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-252

  Cowie, Jonathan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033462166     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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