A private-public comparison of bus service operators

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Mizutani, Fumitoshi ^a   Urakami, Takuya ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EID: 0043205792     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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