Population Density, Alternative Competition and Efficiency of China’s Railway Passenger Transportation
BAI Xue-jie1, ZENG Jin2
1.College of Economic and Social Development, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; 2.School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;
Abstract：
This paper opens the “black box” of railway passenger transportation by constructing a network DEA model and measures the efficiency of China’s railway passenger transportation industry based on the data of 18 local railway bureaus. The results show that during sample period, overall efficiency of China’s railway industry is rising steadily, but is still at a lower level (0.442).Passenger transportation efficiency (0.609) is significantly higher than passenger service efficiency (0.343). Although the efficiency of passenger transport in the eastern railway bureaus is higher than that of the western railway bureaus, the service efficiency is not as efficient as that of the western railway bureaus. There are several problems in China railway industry such as over-investment, repeated construction, lack of railway workers and administrative personnel redundancy.Service level needs to be improved and income-generating capacity is insufficient.
BAI Xue-jie, ZENG Jin.Population Density, Alternative Competition and Efficiency of China’s Railway Passenger Transportation[J] Economic Survey, 2018,V35(6): 80-86
2018 
