Private roads, competition, and incentives to adopt time-based congestion tolling

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-241

  De Palma, André ^a   Lindsey, Robin ^b  

^a UMR 8184   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Duopolistic competition; Private roads; Time varying tolls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036711140     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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