Deregulation, rate incentives, and efficiency in the railroad market

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 6, Issue C, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Wilson, Wesley W ^a   Wilson, William W ^a  

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EID: 0038770494     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-8859(01)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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