Performance measurement for railway transport: Stochastic distance functions with inefficiency and ineffectiveness effects

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-408

  Lan, Lawrence W ^a   Lin, Erwin T J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33750391949     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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