Total factor productivity decomposition, input price inefficiencies, and public transit systems

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-36

  Obeng, K ^a   Sakano, R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Private cost; Productivity; Public transit; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

PRIVATE COST; PUBLIC TRANSIT; PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS; SCALE EFFECTS; SUBSIDY; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TOTAL EFFECT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSIT SYSTEMS; UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS;

COSTS;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 0036139444     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(01)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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