Automobile ownership and government policy: The economics of Singapore's vehicle quota scheme

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Chin, Anthony ^a   Smith, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP; AUTOMOBILE RATIONING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORT POLICY; VEHICLE QUOTA; VEHICLE USE;

SINGAPORE;

ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP; SINGAPORE; VEHICLE QUOTA SCHEME;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 0030617277     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(96)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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