Costs, economies of scale and factor demand in urban bus transport. An analysis of municipal transport undertakings in India

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-194

  Singh, Sanjay Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744435120     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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