Effectiveness of infrastructure service delivery through earmarking: the case of highway construction in China

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 221-255

  Honggang, Xu ^a,d   Mashayekhi, Ali N ^b   Saeed, Khalid ^c  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PLANNING; USE FEE POLICY;

CHINA;

EID: 13144256772     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199822/23)14:2/3<221::aid-sdr149>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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