Measuring the efficiency and return to scale status of multi-mode bus transit - Evidence from Taiwan's bus system

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 647-653

  Yu, Ming Miin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETURNS TO SCALE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 47349114981     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600721858     Document Type: Article

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