Regulatory and environmental effects on public transit efficiency: A mixed DEA-SFA approach

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-151

  Margari, Beniamina Buzzo ^a   Erbetta, Fabrizio ^b   Petraglia, Carmelo ^c   Piacenza, Massimiliano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Frontier analysis (DEA, SFA); Managerial skills; Public transit systemsm; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048979301     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9025-0     Document Type: Article

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