In this paper, the link between productivity, prices, and profitability are examined for Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) using its annual data from 1979-80 to 1999-00. We find that, by and large, productivity gains achieved by APSRTC are being passed through to...

This study is based on twenty-one State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs), which are selected on the basis of availability of data and volume of their operation. Output (measured in terms of pass.-kms) produced by the sample STUs are usually more than 80 percent of the produced output of all...

In this paper we analyse some possible unconventional factors of efficiency in public transport. The occasion for such analysis rises from a case study in the southern Italian region of Sicily. Most of the regional bus service is here historically franchised to some local private bus companies,...

Australia comprises states of varying climates, natural resource endowments, geographic area and population size. This has resulted in a diversity of regional or state economies, regional road freight flows and road networks to serve these needs. In this paper, the concept of location quotients...

The literature on open-access rail competition has been quite unanimous in pointing out the positive effects of the entry of the (few) newcomers in their respective markets. Generally speaking, quality has increased and frequency too. The effect on prices has also generally been what everybody...

This paper investigates the efficiency of ski lift companies across different climate zones in a group of countries based on establishment data. By a joint estimation of the stochastic frontier production and efficiency equations, the results indicate that ski areas in subarctic climate zones...

This paper develops a methodology to assess transport infrastructure investments and their effects on a Nash equilibria taking into account competition between multiple privatized transport operator types. The operators, including high-speed rail, hub and spoke legacy airlines and low cost...

Deutschland verfügt im internationalen Vergleich über eine relativ gut ausgebaute Verkehrsinfrastruktur. Aber nach dem Brückeneinsturz in Genua richtet sich auch in Deutschland das öffentliche Interesse auf ihren Zustand. Gibt es in Deutschland ebenfalls dringenden Erneuerungsbedarf für...

Die Züge im Fernverkehr kommen zu spät, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Einheiten funktioniert nicht, die Gewinnprognosen sind pessimistisch, der Güterverkehr fährt Verluste ein und die Infrastruktur ist unterfinanziert: die Deutsche Bahn steht in der Kritik. Wie lassen sich spürbare...