China has suffered railway capacity constraints for more than several decades and the need for a large increase in rail capacity has been viewed as the primary challenge. The former Chinese Ministry of Railways believed that building a national wide high speed railway (HSR) network was the most...

China has suffered railway capacity constraints for more than several decades and the need for a large increase in rail capacity has been viewed as the primary challenge. The former Chinese Ministry of Railways believed that building a national wide high speed railway (HSR) network was the most...

China has suffered railway capacity constraints for more than several decades and the need for a large increase in rail capacity has been viewed as the primary challenge. The former Chinese Ministry of Railways believed that building a national wide high speed railway (HSR) network was the most...

This study examines the potential merger gains and its decomposition effects of Chinese railways. A DEA approach proposed by Bogetoft and Wang (2005) is used to estimate the effects of the ex-ante mergers of 18 Regional Railway Administrations (RRAs) during the period of 2013 to 2017. We find...