Efficiency of urban public transit: A meta analysis
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Efficiency of urban public transit: A meta analysis
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to provide a statistical overview of the literature on public transit efficiency performance. Second, to statistically explain the variation in efficiency findings reported in the literature. To this end, first some key concepts of efficiency analysis will be introduced, while next the different frontier methodologies that are used in the literature will...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transportation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0049-4488,1572-9435
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-004-0939-4