Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Journal Article
Julien, S., Cowie, J., & Monios, J. (2020)
Efficiency, productivity and returns to scale in ports: a comparison of data envelopment analysis and econometric estimation with application to Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 22(2), 239-264. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0115-y
This paper investigates the evolutionary technical efficiency and productivity of ports in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus is primarily on Caribbean SIDS, ben...
The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?
Presentation / Conference
Cowie, J. (2018, May)
The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research (STAR) 2018, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
The Transport Act 1985 privatised and deregulated the bus industry in Great Britain outside of London, with the intention of creating a competitive industry that would compete...
Long term productivity gains in the privatised British passenger rail industry – A case study of Malmquist productivity index measurements
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2018)
Long term productivity gains in the privatised British passenger rail industry – A case study of Malmquist productivity index measurements. Research in Transportation Business and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2018.01.001
This paper assesses long term productivity in the privatised British passenger rail industry using a Malmquist productivity index (MPI) generated using three different efficie...
Britain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not do it again
Other
Cowie, J. (2018)
Britain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not do it again
It is 70 years since the era of public rail ownership began in Great Britain. The British Transport Commission formally took control of the operation and planning of the whole...
Competition and complementarity in road freight: key drivers and consequences of a dominant market position
Book Chapter
Cowie, J. (2017)
Competition and complementarity in road freight: key drivers and consequences of a dominant market position. In Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics, (348-367). London: Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.
The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics
Book
J. Cowie, & S. Ison (Eds.), (2017)
The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics
The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics offers the first state of the art overview of the discipline of transport economics as it stands today, reflective of key researc...
Efficiency assessment in transport service provision
Book Chapter
Merkert, R., & Cowie, J. (2017)
Efficiency assessment in transport service provision. In Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics, (251-268). London: Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.
Contract Re-Award and Consumer Sovereignty, the case of British Rail Privatisation.
Presentation / Conference
Cowie, J. (2017, August)
Contract Re-Award and Consumer Sovereignty, the case of British Rail Privatisation. Paper presented at Competition and Ownership in Land Based Public Transport (Thredbo 15
The Railways Act 1993 divided and sold off the state owned British Rail in its entirety and introduced competitive tender into the industry. This paper reviews the industry o...
Rail regulation, consumer sovereignty and the results of eighteen years of British rail privatisation.
Presentation / Conference
Cowie, J. (2016, January)
Rail regulation, consumer sovereignty and the results of eighteen years of British rail privatisation. Paper presented at 48th Annual UTSG Conference, Bristol, UK
Does rail freight market liberalisation lead to market entry? A case study of the British privatisation experience
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2015)
Does rail freight market liberalisation lead to market entry? A case study of the British privatisation experience. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 14, 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.004
This paper considers developments since privatisation in the British rail freight market from both general and production supply side perspectives. It also reviews the literat...