New paradigms of quantification of economic efficiency in the transport sector

IF 7.6 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
M. Poliak, Lucia Švábová, V. Konecný, N. Zhuravleva, K. Čulík
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Research background: In determining the prices in road transport, carriers usually use the calculations based on a so-called routes utilisation coefficient, which allows the carrier to also take the possibility of the return rides without load into account Currently it is usually used as a constant from the interval from zero to one Purpose of the article: Considering a different offer of return transport from individual European Union (EU) countries, it can be assumed that the routes utilisation coefficient should have different values because there is a varying level of non-zero probability that the vehicle will return without a load This study therefore proposes a new approach to determining the value of this coefficient based on transport direction The study also aims to identify clusters of EU countries, for which the common value of the coefficient should be set Methods: The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test was used to verify the assumption of the differences among the means of transport offers Cluster analysis was used to identify the aforementioned groups of countries This analysis is based on real data on transport offers to Slovakia from 1 different EU countries Findings & value added: The results of the analysis can also be used in other EU countries because if significant differences in transport offers to Slovakia exist in individual countries, there is a reasonable assumption that this conclusion will also be valid in other countries The analysis demonstrated that it is more appropriate to use the routes utilisation coefficient with various values, dependent on the transport direction For the transport companies, implementation of the obtained results into practice is beneficial to increase their competitiveness through the more precise setting of transport prices, but also to the optimisation of the transport price itself with regard to the expected costs
交通运输部门经济效率量化的新范例
研究背景:在确定公路运输价格时,承运人通常使用基于所谓的路线利用系数的计算,这允许承运人也考虑到无负载返回的可能性。目前它通常被用作从0到1区间的常数。考虑到来自单个欧盟(EU)国家的不同返回运输报价,可以假设路线利用系数应该具有不同的值,因为车辆将在没有负载的情况下返回的非零概率不同。因此,该研究提出了一种基于运输方向确定该系数值的新方法。研究还旨在确定欧盟国家集群。方法:使用方差分析(ANOVA)检验来验证运输工具之间差异的假设,使用聚类分析来确定上述国家组。该分析基于1个不同欧盟国家向斯洛伐克提供运输服务的真实数据。分析的结果也可以在其他欧盟国家使用,因为如果在个别国家提供斯洛伐克的运输存在显着差异,有一个合理的假设,这一结论也将在其他国家有效。分析表明,使用不同值的路线利用系数更合适,取决于运输方向。将获得的结果付诸实践,有利于通过更精确地设定运输价格来提高它们的竞争力,也有利于运输价格本身相对于预期成本的优化
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CiteScore
13.70
自引率
5.90%
发文量
26
审稿时长
24 weeks
期刊介绍: The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.
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