Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies

Mehdi Farsi1, Massimo Filippini1, William H. Greene2
1Department of Economics, Center for Energy Policy and Economics, and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zentrum, University of Lugano, Zurich, Switzerland
2Department of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, USA

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