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Resource type | Working Paper |
Title(s) | Testing for economies of scope in European railways: An efficiency analysis |
DOI | 10.48548/pubdata-1279 |
Handle | 20.500.14123/1342 |
Creator | Growitsch, Christian 12443357X Wetzel, Heike 0000-0002-3945-6318 1051421292 |
Abstract | In this paper, we conduct a pan-European efficiency analysis to investigate the performance of European railways with a particular focus on economies of vertical integration. We test the hypothesis that integrated railways realize economies of scope and, thus, produce railway services with a higher level of efficiency. To determine whether joint or separate production is more efficient, we apply a Data Envelopment Analysis super-efficiency bootstrapping model which relates the efficiency for integrated production to a reference set consisting of separated firms which use a different production technology. We find that for a majority of European railways economies of scope exist. |
Language | English |
Keywords | Efficiency; Vertical Integration; Railway Industry; Effizienz; Vertikale Integration; Eisenbahn; Industrie |
Year of publication in PubData | 2008 |
Publishing type | First publication |
Publication version | Published version |
Date issued | 2008-01-11 |
Creation context | Research |
Published by | Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg |
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