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Effects of Loading-Unloading Environments on the Efficiency of Freight Railroad Stations : An Empirical Investigation  

Kim, Seong-Ho (인하대학교 경영학부)
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Korean Management Science Review / v.27, no.2, 2010 , pp. 45-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper we analyze the effects of loading-unloading environments on the efficiency of freight railroad stations using a two-stage procedure for efficiency model estimation. And from the results we explore a way for efficiency improvement of freight railroad stations. Two-stage procedure is composed of data envelopment analysis and regression analysis. The results show that we could expect efficiency improvement through the government"s effort to make railway stations to be strategic position. Furthermore, they advocate policy-makers that efficiency can be improved by simplifying the kinds of freight items and increasing the scale.
Keywords
Freight Railroad Station; Efficiency Measurement; Least Squares; Maximum Likelihood;
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