This paper reviews the methods that have been applied to assess the efficiency performance of Britain's rail infrastructure provider since privatisation. The paper shows that a wide range of approaches has been adopted by the ORR. However, we argue that, in contrast to the other regulated sectors, t
UK regulatory price reviews and the role of efficiency estimates
β Scribed by Jon Stern
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-1787
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