What does "privatization" do for efficiency? Evidence from Argentina's and Brazil's railways

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1885-1897

  Estache, Antonio ^a   González, Marianela ^c   Trujillo, Lourdes ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Efficiency; Privatization; Railway; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0036843788     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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