British Bus Deregulation: Competition and Demand Coordination

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 336-361

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a   Silva, Emilson C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deregulation; competition; demand coordination; leapfrogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000715425     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1997.2047     Document Type: Article

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