Competition in railway monopolies

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 34E, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-287

  Jensen, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition and economies of scale in railways; Competition and efficiency of railways; Competition in railways; Competitive pressure and efficiency in railways; Economies of scale in railway operations; Gains and losses from competition; Intermodal competition; Internal competition in railways; Railway cost structures; Railway deregulation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DEREGULATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

COMPETITION AND ECONOMY OF SCALE IN RAILWAY; COMPETITION AND EFFICIENCY OF RAILWAY; COMPETITION IN RAILWAY; COMPETITIVE PRESSURE; COMPETITIVE PRESSURE AND EFFICIENCY IN RAILWAY; COST STRUCTURE; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ECONOMY OF SCALE IN RAILWAY OPERATION; GAIN AND LOSS FROM COMPETITION; INTERMODAL COMPETITION; INTERNAL COMPETITION IN RAILWAY; RAILWAY COST STRUCTURE; RAILWAY DEREGULATION; RAILWAY OPERATIONS;

EFFICIENCY;

COMPETITIVENESS; DEREGULATION; MODELING; MONOPOLY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032463444     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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