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dc.contributor.authorvon Hirschhausen, Christian R.en
dc.contributor.authorCullmann, Astriden
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-03-
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-06T13:20:32Z-
dc.date.available2009-08-06T13:20:32Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/27354-
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we present a nonparametric comparative efficiency analysis of 179 communal public transport bus companies in Germany (1990-2004). We apply both deterministic data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrapping to test the robustness of our estimates and to test the hypothesis of global and individual constant returns to scale. We find that the average technical efficiency of German bus companies is relatively low. We observe that the industry appears to be characterized by increasing returns to scale for smaller companies. These results would imply increasing pressure on bus companies to restructure.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x831en
dc.subject.jelL11en
dc.subject.jelL51en
dc.subject.jelL92en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPublic transporten
dc.subject.keywordbusesen
dc.subject.keywordefficiency analysisen
dc.subject.keywordnonparametric methodsen
dc.subject.keywordDEAen
dc.subject.keywordbootstrappingen
dc.subject.stwOmnibusverkehren
dc.subject.stwÖffentlicher Personennahverkehren
dc.subject.stwTechnische Effizienzen
dc.subject.stwSkalenertragen
dc.subject.stwReorganisationen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleNext stop: restructuring? A nonparametric efficiency analysis of German public transport companies-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn587096403en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp831en

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