Tamaño óptimo de las empresas de transporte colectivo que operan en el Área Metropolitana de Mendoza (Argentina), 2005-2012

Abstract

This work makes contributions regarding the knowledge of the productive structure of the collective transport service in the Mendoza Metropolitan Area (Argentina) during the stage prior to a structural change in its mobility system. The existence of economies of scale is studied through the estimation of a translog cost function, using panel data for bus operating companies during the period 2005-2012. The results of this research show a market that operates in the production section with diseconomies of scale, where the average costs are increasing. Therefore, it is recommended for this system to operate through a larger number of small companies.