The aim of this paper is to analyse the long-term efficiency of different management forms for urban public transport, using a sample of 193 Spanish municipalities for the period 2014–2016. The analysis is performed using the order-m data panel method proposed by Garrido et al. (2018) and the concept of the meta-frontier (Battese et al., 2004). This approach is based on an analysis of panel data cost efficiency as described by Surroca et al. (2016) and provides a stable, homogeneous and comparable estimate of the efficiency obtained by different management forms in the delivery of urban public transport. The study results indicate that inter-municipal cooperation is the most efficient form of long-term management.
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Campos-Alba, C. M., Prior, D., Pérez-López, G., & Zafra-Gómez, J. L. (2020). Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective. Transport Policy, 88, 16–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.01.014
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