An assessment of the japan railway companies since privatization: Performance, local rail service and debts

Transport Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-139

  Mizutani, Fumitoshi ^a,b  

^a Regulatory Policy Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033014139     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014416499295574     Document Type: Article

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