The toll-price component of travel demand elasticity

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-59

  Burris, Mark W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ROAD PRICING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 0037307068     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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