A subadditivity test for the cost function of the principal european railways

Transport Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-290

  Sánchez, Pedro Cantos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033843013     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014416400412814     Document Type: Article

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