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<journal-id>1665-6423</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Journal of applied research and technology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[J. appl. res. technol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-6423</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-64232023000600921</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/icat.24486736e.2023.21.6.2014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The efficiency of railway concessions and the regulation of service quality]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Victorino]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bertussi]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Brasilia Department of Administration ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Brasília ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Brasilia Department of Economics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Brasília ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
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<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>21</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>921</fpage>
<lpage>934</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-64232023000600921&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-64232023000600921&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-64232023000600921&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This study assessed the efficiency of Brazilian railway transport under three distinct aspects: technical efficiency, quality of service efficiency and economic efficiency from 2006 to 2018 using data envelopment analysis - DEA. As a result of the proposed analysis, we verified that the current quality of service indexes established in concession contracts were not able to encourage quality of service improvements. It was also observed that concessionaires with better technical efficiency are those with lower economic efficiency, indicating that there are gains in profitability with the worsening of the service's quality.]]></p></abstract>
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