Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142117 
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2016
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[Journal:] Journal of Transport Economics and Policy [ISSN:] 0022-5258 [Volume:] 50 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] University of Bath [Place:] Bath [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 76-92
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University of Bath, Bath
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the differences in the efficiency of using subsidies for franchised regional rail services between the federal states in Germany, and provides evidence on the impact of procurement strategies and contractual design on the efficient use of funds. The analysis is based on a 15-year panel data set at the level of the federal states and employs a two-stage efficiency analysis, including a DEA approach and a Tobit panel model. The analysis shows that a higher share of tendering, a higher share of gross contracts, and longer and smaller contracts were efficiency-enhancing factors in the period of analysis.
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Eisenbahnverkehr
Franchising
Schienenverkehr
Wirtschaftlichkeit
Deutschland
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Article
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Published Version

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