Uniform Service, Uniform Productivity? Regional Efficiency of the Imperial German Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Service

Bibliographic Data

ID20437667
AuthorsFlorian Ploeckl (0000-0001-8500-9028, The University of Adelaide, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume56
Issue2
Pages221-243
Publication date2016-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aehr.12099
OpenAlexW2253540034
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Using the regional productivity of the Reichspost , the postal service of the German Empire, I investigate whether a public monopolist operates with uniform regional productivity. Using data envelopment analysis efficiency scores, we derive the relative productivity of the post, telegraph, and telephone sectors from 1891 to 1908. Results show a fairly stable system with substantial raw productivity differences between postal districts, and that the expansion of the service offset technological productivity increases for the mail service

Business · Data envelopment analysis · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · German · Industrial organization · Offset (computer science) · Political science · Post office · Postal service · Productivity · Service (business) · Statistics · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Engineering · ICT Impact and Policies · Marketing · Mathematics · Public Administration · Transport and Economic Policies

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