This paper tries to find out wether there are economies of scale in urban bus transportation in developing countries or, to put it otherwise, wether unit costs in large bus companies are lower than unit costs in small companies. The paper discusses methodological choices that have to be made for such a study, it examines previous work done on this issue, and proposes a model. This model is derived from a production functions rather than form a cost function. It is then applied to the cases of Seoul, Pusan and Shanghai. The results of the calculations made suggest a negative answer to the initial question.Cet article cherche à savoir si la production de transports urbains dans les pays en développement est sujette ou non à économie d'échelle...
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Increasing urbanization around the world has raised the passenger demand for public transport. Altho...
This paper measures the efficiency of public transport in world cities using three methods: data en...
This paper examines the main characteristics of production costs of urban bus transportation service...
Public transport industry, largely based on bus systems, is often claimed to be dominated by economi...
The aggregate cost structure of the Santiago (Chile) urban bus transport industry is studied for the...
Public transport industry, largely based on bus systems, is often claimed to be dominated by economi...
Past research on the cost structure of urban bus transportation shows conflicting results with respe...
International audienceIn this paper, the conjecture that city size doesn't lead to economies of scal...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the cost and production structure of mass transi...
[[abstract]]This article has employed the data envelopment analysis method to evaluate the efficienc...
We develop a method to study the industrial structure of urban bus transit without using cost data. ...
Principal aspects of bus economics (mainly using British examples) including cost structure, elastic...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cost structure of a sample of Italian municipal bus comp...
This paper analyses the cost structure of the Swiss urban public transport sector in order to asses...
The downward spiral frequently experienced by transit companies when they increase fares to make up ...
Increasing urbanization around the world has raised the passenger demand for public transport. Altho...
This paper measures the efficiency of public transport in world cities using three methods: data en...
This paper examines the main characteristics of production costs of urban bus transportation service...
Public transport industry, largely based on bus systems, is often claimed to be dominated by economi...
The aggregate cost structure of the Santiago (Chile) urban bus transport industry is studied for the...
Public transport industry, largely based on bus systems, is often claimed to be dominated by economi...
Past research on the cost structure of urban bus transportation shows conflicting results with respe...
International audienceIn this paper, the conjecture that city size doesn't lead to economies of scal...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the cost and production structure of mass transi...
[[abstract]]This article has employed the data envelopment analysis method to evaluate the efficienc...
We develop a method to study the industrial structure of urban bus transit without using cost data. ...
Principal aspects of bus economics (mainly using British examples) including cost structure, elastic...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cost structure of a sample of Italian municipal bus comp...
This paper analyses the cost structure of the Swiss urban public transport sector in order to asses...
The downward spiral frequently experienced by transit companies when they increase fares to make up ...
Increasing urbanization around the world has raised the passenger demand for public transport. Altho...
This paper measures the efficiency of public transport in world cities using three methods: data en...