The influence of ownership on the cost of bus service provision in Switzerland - An empirical illustration

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-690

  Filippini, Massimo ^a   Prioni, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037797321     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000056788     Document Type: Article

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