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Title(s)Testing for economies of scope in European railways: An efficiency analysis
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1279
Handle20.500.14123/1342
CreatorGrowitsch, Christian  12443357X
Wetzel, Heike  0000-0002-3945-6318  1051421292
AbstractIn 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.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsEfficiency; Vertical Integration; Railway Industry; Effizienz; Vertikale Integration; Eisenbahn; Industrie
DDC330 :: Wirtschaft
Year of publication in PubData2008
Publishing typeFirst publication
Publication versionPublished version
Date issued2008-01-11
Creation contextResearch
Faculty / departmentFrühere Fachbereiche
Series title and numberWorking paper series in economics
72
Alternative Idenfier(s)urn:nbn:de:gbv:luen4-opus4-5390
Date of Availability2024-08-23T07:46:43Z
Archiving Facility Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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