Alderighi, Marco; Gorla, Gianluigi - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine février (2013) 1, pp. 163-178
This paper investigates how geography affects the performance of local public transport firms in Italy. Using data on 110 firms involved in urban and interurban transport, we provide different estimates of stochastic cost frontiers. It emerges that geographic variables impact on the efficiency...