The analysis of regulation on private highway investment under a build-operate-transfer scheme

Transportation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-243

  Tsai, Jyh fa ^a   Chu, Chih Peng ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Efficiency; Highway BOT; Road capacity

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

PROFITS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; INVESTMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0037402701     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022503428001     Document Type: Article

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