model is estimated in order to evaluate the sources of productivity growth: technological progress, technical efficiency … productivity growth, followed by gains in technical efficiency, and to a lesser extent by exploitation of scale economies. Overall …, we find an average productivity growth of 39 per cent within the sample period. -- European railways ; deregulation …

, however, they need to remain competitive with other modes of transport, and this requires productivity growth. The more … early version of this database to calculate total factor productivity indices for Australia's railways, highlighting an … railways, are constructed. From an analysis of productivity growth through the century and its causes, the paper draws some …