Economies of Scale and Scope in the Taiwan Tourism Industry

Based on a 1989 survey of Taiwan's tourism industry, iterative SUR results of the model of translog multiproduct cost and factor share equations show that travel agents of simultaneously operating outbound service and agent service do, in general, enjoy product-specific economies of scale and r...

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Published inTai Da Guan Li Lun Cong Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 85
Main Authors Kuo-liang, Wang, Chih-Chiang Weng, 王國樑, 翁志強
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Taiwan National Taiwan University Press, NTU College of Management 01.02.1996
Subjects
Economic models
Economies of scale
Tourism
Taiwan
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Summary:Based on a 1989 survey of Taiwan's tourism industry, iterative SUR results of the model of translog multiproduct cost and factor share equations show that travel agents of simultaneously operating outbound service and agent service do, in general, enjoy product-specific economies of scale and ray economies of scale, and do not enjoy weak cost complementarities. However, small-to-medium-sized travel agents of the above product mix do enjoy weak cost complementarities and economies of scope while large-sized firms still do not enjoy weak cost complementarities. Therefore, this paper suggests that small-to-medium-sized travel agents can pursue diversification, and large-sized ones can pursue specification to promote cost efficiency.
ISSN:1018-1601
2410-2490