Direction dependent prices in public transport: A good idea? the back haul pricing problem for a monopolistic public transport firm

Transportation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-417

  Rietveld, Piet ^a,c,d   Roson, Roberto ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Tinbergen Institute ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Back haul; Price discrimination; Price setting; Unbalanced markets; Welfare effects

Indexed keywords

BACK HAUL; ECONOMIC THEORY; PRICE DISCRIMINATION; PRICE SETTING; UNBALANCED MARKETS; WELFARE EFFECTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; STANDARDS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 0010302041     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016322722832     Document Type: Article

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