The efficiency of public transport operations - An evaluation using stochastic frontier analysis

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Holmgren, Johan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost; Efficiency; Public transport; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870295818     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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