The wrong type of regulation? Regulatory failure and railways in Britain and Germany

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-297

  Lodge, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAILWAY TRANSPORT; REFORM PROCESS; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036767156     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x02002015     Document Type: Article

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