The Economic Environment and Public Enterprise Behaviour
Belgian Railroads, 1950-86
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9727323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno De Borger (0000-0001-8810-0513, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 240 |
| Pages | 443 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2554572 |
| OpenAlex | W2145494081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of variations in the economic environment on allocatively inefficient behavior by public enterprises, and to measure the implications of both allocative and technical inefficiency for the firm's costs and factor use. Empirical results for the Belgian railroad company suggest the importance of unemployment and the pressure experienced by managers to reduce the deficit as explanatory variables of allocative inefficiency. The implications of inefficiencies for factor use are found to be substantial, although the associated costs are quite small. Copyright 1993 by The London School of Economics and Political Science
Allocative efficiency · Business · Economics · Industrial organization · Inefficiency · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Public economics · Unemployment · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Global trade and economics · Transport and Economic Policies
On the estimation of technical inefficiency in the stochastic frontier production function model
Formulation and estimation of stochastic frontier production function models
Output Aggregation, Network Effects, and the Measurement of Trucking Technology
Testing Efficiency Hypotheses in Joint Production
Parametric Productivity Measurement and Choice Among Flexible Functional Forms
Economies of Scale in Multi-Product Firms
Control Areas and Accounting Prices
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2011 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |