Structures productives de l'industrie du transport urbain et effets des schémas réglementaires

Abstract

Productive Structures in Urban Transport and Effects of Regulatory Arrangements by Philippe Gagnepain French urban transport is a highly regulated industry. Different contractual systems create contrasting cost-cutting incentives. The purpose of this paper is to study the industry's productive structures and evaluate the impact of regulations on costs. We use the maximum likelihood method to fit a translog cost function to panel data on the different urban transport networks.