A comparative analysis of European railroads efficiency: A cost frontier approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 815-823

  Parisio, Lucia ^a  

^a Inst of Economics and Statistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032821782     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323788     Document Type: Article

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