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The Efficiency of Freeway Bus Service Industry As Facing The Entrance of High Speed Rail: Taiwan’s Case

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  • Chih Cheng Chen

    (Yuan Ze University, Department of Information Management and Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence, Taiwan)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to test the relationship between government expenditure and revenue nexus in EU 10 countries during the period 1980-2013. This study uses the panel causality approach proposed by Kónya (2006) that take into account cross section dependency and heterogeneity across countries. The first empirical results point to the "tax-spend hypothesis" for Germany, Italy, and Netherlands. We found government expenditure Granger causes government revenue for France and Portugal, consistent with the "spend-tax hypothesis". But, there is no relationship between these fiscal variables for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and UK, pointing support the "institutional separation hypothesis" or "fiscal independence hypothesis". After determining the direction of the causality in a country, government must manage the eligible fiscal policies, restore the fiscal balance and reduce the public deficits for a sustainable fiscal and economic path.

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  • Chih Cheng Chen, 2014. "The Efficiency of Freeway Bus Service Industry As Facing The Entrance of High Speed Rail: Taiwan’s Case," Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, vol. 4(2), pages 74-96, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wei:journl:v:4:y:2014:i:2:p:74-96
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    1. Marchetti, Dalmo & Wanke, Peter, 2017. "Brazil's rail freight transport: Efficiency analysis using two-stage DEA and cluster-driven public policies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 26-42.

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    Keywords

    High-speed rail; Freeway bus service; Trade-off type competition; Product differentiation; Data envelopment analysis (DEA);
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    JEL classification:

    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
    • N75 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Asia including Middle East

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