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Delivery Offices Cost Frontier: A Robust Non Parametric Approach with Exogenous Variables

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  • Cazals Catherine

    (Toulouse School of Economics)

  • Dudley Paul

    (Royal Mail Group)

  • Florens Jean-Pierre

    (Toulouse School of Economics)

  • Patel Shital

    (Royal Mail Group)

  • Rodriguez Frank

    (Royal Mail Group)

Abstract

This paper deals with an analysis of the efficiency of delivery post offices from an estimated cost frontier. Our focus is to apply a robust non parametric approach for the cost frontier estimation, called the order-m frontier, based on the concept of "expected minimum cost" and to extend it to take into account some environmental variables. We illustrate our approach using a cross-section data set on delivery offices.

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  • Cazals Catherine & Dudley Paul & Florens Jean-Pierre & Patel Shital & Rodriguez Frank, 2008. "Delivery Offices Cost Frontier: A Robust Non Parametric Approach with Exogenous Variables," Review of Network Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rneart:v:7:y:2008:i:2:n:7
    DOI: 10.2202/1446-9022.1150
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