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An empirical study of scale economies in the Chinese Railway System Although results are not presented here, I have estimated several additional specifications of the basic empirical test. The absence of a positive choice effect does not seem to derive from the particular weighting of the data used here one might prefer to weight MSAs equally, or by the number of SAT-takers, rather than by their high-school-age populations nor from the inclusion in the sample of schools with too few SAT-takers to permit accurate estimation of the school mean. | UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY An Empirical Study of Scale Economies in the Chinese Railway System by Huaixiang Wang A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS CALGARY ALBERTA DECEMBER 2002 Huaixiang Wang 2002 1 1 National Library of Canada Bibliothèque nationale du Canada Acquisitions and Bibliographic Services 395 Wellington street Ottawa ON KIA 0N4 Canada Acquisisitons et services bibliographiques 395 rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A 0N4 Canada Your file Votre reference ISBN 0-612-87471-0 Our file Notre reference ISBN 0-612-87471-0 The author has granted a nonexclusive licence allowing the National Library of Canada to reproduce loan distribute or sell copies of this thesis in microform paper or electronic formats. The author retains ownership of the copyright in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author s permission. L auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive permettant à la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduire prefer distribuer OU vendre des copies de cette these sous la forme de microfiche film de reproduction sur papier OU sur format électronique. L auteur conserve la propriété du droit d auteur qui protege cette these. Ni la these ni des extraits substantiels de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés OU aturement reproduits sans son autorisation. Canada UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES The undersigned certify that they have read and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for acceptance a thesis entitled An Empirical Study of Scale Economies in the Chinese Railway System submitted by Huaixiang Wang in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Mg-ie of Mr of Arts. J . . Ặ SupervisorJDr. Aidan Hcàliỉ Department of Economics Dr. David Walls Department of Economics iz Dr. Niịel Waters Department of Geography Date December 2002 .