Testing for economies of scope in European railways

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Growitsch, Christian ^b   Wetzel, Heike ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste WIK Bad Honnef   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 60149099025     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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