Private financing of roads and optimal pricing: Is it possible to get both?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-497

  de Rus, Ginés ^a,b   Romero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; ROAD PRICING;

EID: 20444493599     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-003-0177-2     Document Type: Article

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