Comparing total factor productivity and price performance concepts and application to Canadian railways

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-220

  Waters, W G ^a   Tretheway, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032792861     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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