In this paper we provide a yardstick for measuring the performance of ferries involved in theNorwegian trunk road system. We establish a best practice frontier from which individualferries are measured against. The potentials for efficiency improvements can then be derivedgiving the decision...

The need for public support. The existing programs for public support have been made with reference to the need for essential air transport services for providing local communities with lifeline transport services. However, the criteria for giving public support (via the programs in USA, Canada...

The need for public support. The existing programs for public support have been made with reference to the need for essential air transport services for providing local communities with lifeline transport services. However, the criteria for giving public support (via the programs in USA, Canada...

We explore how benefit-cost efficiency and electoral support affect road investment decisions in Sweden and Norway. In Norway, neither benefits nor costs seem to affect project selection. In Sweden, civil servants’ decisions are strongly affected by projects’ benefit-cost ratios, with a...

By applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), this study examines the efficiency ofa subset of Norwegian bus companies in order to test the hypothesis that publiccompanies are less efficient than private ones. DEA consists of constructing apiecewise linear best practice frontier enveloping the...

This paper provides an assessment of the extent to which targets set by a public authority are achieved by its operational units. A rare DEA framework and its subsequent Malmquist indices are applied on data comprising 19 units over a four year period of 1996 to 1999. The mean efficiency scores...