The competitive spirit re-awakens the ghost of railway monopoly

Transport Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-49

  Shaw, Jon ^a   Charlton, Clive ^a   Gibb, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONPOLISATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT DEREGULATION; TRANSPORT ECONOMICS;

UK;

EID: 0031722916     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-070X(98)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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