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Assessing total factor productivity growth of the passenger-bus transit systems in Indian metropolitan cities using the sequential Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index approach

Rachita GulatiDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 274-280 | Published online: 25 May 2020

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