Do mergers improve efficiency? Evidence from deregulated rail freight

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-162

  Chapin, Alison ^b   Schmidt, Stephen ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MERGER; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032775567     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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