Smith, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-5593, Odolinski, K., Wheat, P. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Why the Fixed-Effects Estimator May Not Be the 'Gold Standard' for Estimation of Economies of Density in Rail Transport: An Application from Rail Infrastructure Maintenance Data in France. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), 58 (2). pp. 207-226. ISSN 0022-5258
Abstract
This paper proposes that exploitation of between-variation is required to estimate economies of density in railway datasets because of the need to capture the step-function impact of traffic on preventative maintenance regimes. Our empirical case is based on a panel dataset of 1,149 track sections (2013–18) for the French rail network. The work is important in the policy context in terms of setting rail track access charges in line with marginal cost principles and meeting EU legislative require ments; it also has implications for the wider rail cost-function estimation literature.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SNCF - French Railways No External Reference |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 09:38 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2024 13:51 |
Published Version: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/lse/jtep/20... |
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Publisher: | University of Bath |
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