Economies of scope in European railways: an efficiency analysis

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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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 29

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Firm Organization and Market Structure ; Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation ; Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
• Thema: Efficiency ; Vertical Integration ; Railway Industry ; Schienenverkehr ; Schienenstrecke ; Verbundvorteil ; Technische Effizienz ; Data-Envelopment-Analyse ; Schätzung ; Europa ; EU-Staaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Growitsch, Christian ; Wetzel, Heike
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (wo): Lüneburg
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/28147
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ