Cost structure and technological change of local public transport: The Kaohsiung City Bus case

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1399-1410

  Chiang, Judy Shaw Er Wang ^a   Chen, Ya Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; COST; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 23144444061     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500118465     Document Type: Article

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