A cost function for Australia's railways
This paper utilises a unique dataset comprising of a hundred years of Australian railway history to develop a cost function for Australia?s railways. It explores two different functional forms, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each, and explores some of the ramifications of the cost...
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Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School
2009
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| description | This paper utilises a unique dataset comprising of a hundred years of Australian railway history to develop a cost function for Australia?s railways. It explores two different functional forms, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each, and explores some of the ramifications of the cost models, both in terms of the economics of Australia?s railways and their economic regulation. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-409962017-01-30T14:47:28Z A cost function for Australia's railways Wills-Johnson, Nick Railways Cost Functions This paper utilises a unique dataset comprising of a hundred years of Australian railway history to develop a cost function for Australia?s railways. It explores two different functional forms, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each, and explores some of the ramifications of the cost models, both in terms of the economics of Australia?s railways and their economic regulation. 2009 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40996 Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Railways Cost Functions Wills-Johnson, Nick A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title | A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title_full | A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title_fullStr | A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title_short | A cost function for Australia's railways |
| title_sort | cost function for australia's railways |
| topic | Railways Cost Functions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40996 |