PubData Leuphana Repository: Testing for economies of scope in European railways: An efficiency analysis

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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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