The franchising of passenger rail services in Britain

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-112

  Preston, John ^a   Whelan, Gerard ^b   Nash, Chris ^b   Wardman, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033971676     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026921700101506     Document Type: Article

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