ESTIMATING COST FUNCTIONS FOR RAIL RAPID TRANSIT PROPERTIES.

Author(s)
Pozdena, R.J. & Merewitz, L.
Abstract

USING DATA FROM NORTH AMERICAN RAIL TRANSIT PROPERTIES, SHORT AND LONG RUN COST FUNCTIONS ARE ESTIMATED USING A NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMIC MODEL. VARIOUS SPECIAL ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES ARE EMPLOYED TO ESTIMATE THE RELATIONSHIPS FROM A HETEROGENEOUS DATA SET. THE ESTIMATED COST FUNCTIONS ARE THEN USED TO FORECAST THE COST EXPERIENCE OF THE BART SYSTEM IN SAN FRANCISCO.(Author/publisher).

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Library number
I 233933 /10 /72 / IRRD 233933
Source

Transportation Research. 1978/04. 12(2) Pp73-8 (4 Tbls.; 13 Refs.)

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