One important issue facing reformers considering the restructuring of the seaports and freight railways sectors of a developing country is the creation of competition - or, alternatively, avoiding the creation or preservation of monopoly power. In seaports a crucial distinction is often that...

The paper focuses on evaluation of the few turn around strategies available with the Indian Railways to improve its operating ratio. The strategies examined are (a) choice of electric traction and the pace of electrification (b) improvement of utilization of network capacity (c) bench marking of...

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...