| Title | Efficiency Measures and Output Specification: The Case of European Railways |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 10904 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Cantos, P; Pastor, JM; Serrano, L |
| Source | JT: Journal of transportation and statistics, Vol. 3, No. 3; 8p. in various pagings |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| Publication Date | 20001200 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This study analyzes the sensitivity of the efficiency indicators of a sample of European railway companies to different alternatives in output specification. The results vary according to the specification selected. Investigating the causes of these differences reveals that the efficiency indicators obtained with different specifications can be brought substantially closer, particularly when the efficiency indicators obtained by considering freight and passenger train kilometers as output variables are corrected to account for the impact of the load factor. |
| Rosap ID | dot:4806 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4806 |
| TRT Terms | Railroad rails; Measures of effectiveness; Specifications; Case studies |
| General Subjects | Europe; freight and passenger services; load factor; output; performance evaluations; productivity; railroads; variables |
| Classification | NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Planning and Policy |
| Geographical Coverage |
Europe |
| ISSN | 10948848 |
| OCLC | 47206473 |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
811797 |
| Availability | BTS Products |
| Resource type | Journal Article |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/10000/10900/10904/4cantos.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/ |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |