Congestion Caused by Speed Differences

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 533-556

  Verhoef, Erik T ^a   Rouwendal, Jan ^b   Rietveld, Piet ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congestion; speed; road pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001670440     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1998.2105     Document Type: Article

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