Maintenance incentives under different infrastructure regimes

Utilities Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-322

  Vickerman, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Infrastructure maintenance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAINTENANCE; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10244226737     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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