Justifying a high-speed rail project: Social value vs. regional growth

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-174

  Martin, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; PROJECT JUSTIFICATION; REGIONAL GROWTH; SOCIAL VALUE; TRANSPORT ECONOMIES;

EID: 0031430021     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001680050043     Document Type: Article

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