ITLS Working Papers 1993: Recent submissions
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LOCAL URBAN BUS SERVICES: Natural Monopoly and Benchmark Contestability
Published 1993-08-01This paper has been prepared to document the arguments and any available evidence to establish the extent to which local bus services operating in a pre-defined territory are a natural monopoly and/or are contestable. This ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Transportation Sector: Economic Issues and Challenges in the Nineties
Published 1993-04-01This paper discusses a number of initiatives undertaken in Australia to improve the efficiency of the transport sector, long recognised as one of the most inefficient links in the economic cycle of production, distribution ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Transport Disadvantaged – Community Transport or Mainstream?
Published 1993-07-01This paper is based on a study undertaken for the New South Wales Department of Transport in 1991 to examine the cost of providing transport services for the aged and those with disabilities through the Community Transport ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
HAZARD-BASED DURATION MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
Published 1993-01-01A number of transportation-related phenomena deal with a time element that defines the duration until an event's occurrence. Examples include the time that transpires until a trip is made, the length of time a commuter ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Using Total Factor Productivity and Data Envelopment Analysis for Performance Comparisons Among Government Enterprises: Concepts and Issues
Published 1993-04-01The purpose of this paper is to review and comment on a number of popular methods of performance measurement, in particular total factor productivity and data envelopment analysis; and to draw attention to potential pitfalls ...Open AccessWorking Paper