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Regulatory and environmental effects on public transit efficiency: a mixed DEA-SFA approach

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Beniamina Margari ()
Fabrizio Erbetta ()
Carmelo Petraglia ()
Massimiliano Piacenza ()

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Regulatory Economics.

Volume (Year): 32 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 (October)
Pages: 131-151
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Keywords: Public transit systemsm; Regulation; Environmental factors; Managerial skills; Frontier analysis (DEA; SFA); C44; D21; L50; L92; R41;

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  1. GAUTIER, Axel & YVRANDE-BILLON, Anne, 2008. "Contract renewal as an incentive device. An application to the French urban public transport sector," CORE Discussion Papers 2008068, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). [Downloadable!]
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