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Urban Transit Provision in Ontario: a Public/Private Sector Cost Comparison

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  • Harry Kitchen

    (Trent University)

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This article finds statistically significant higher per-unit costs of delivering urban transit services through the public sector when compared with the private sector. This differential, it is suggested, is partially explained by lower hourly wages for transit operators (drivers) and greater vehicle use in privately contracted systems.

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  • Harry Kitchen, 1992. "Urban Transit Provision in Ontario: a Public/Private Sector Cost Comparison," Public Finance Review, , vol. 20(1), pages 114-128, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:20:y:1992:i:1:p:114-128
    DOI: 10.1177/109114219202000108
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    1. Vergés, Joaquim, 2014. "Eficiencia comparativa Empresa Pública vs. Empresa Privada: La evidencia empírica [Comparative efficiency of Public-owned vs. Private-owned companies: The empirical evidence]," MPRA Paper 58816, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Vining, Aidan R. & Globerman, Steven, 1999. "Contracting-out health care services: a conceptual framework," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(2), pages 77-96, January.
    3. Massón-Guerra, José Luis, 2007. "Evolución de la Eficiencia Productiva de una empresa privatizada: El Caso del Grupo Telefónica de España [Productive Efficiency in Telefonica]," MPRA Paper 13463, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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