Information policy in road transport with elastic demand: Some welfare economic considerations

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-95

  Emmerink, Richard H M ^a   Verhoef, Erik T ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information; Road traffic congestion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROVISION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORT ECONOMICS; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0031981693     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(96)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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