An econometric analysis of motorway renewal costs in Germany

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-34

  Link, Heike ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrastructure charging; Marginal costs; Motorway renewal costs; Road transport; Translog cost functions

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES; TRUCKS;

INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING; MARGINAL COSTS; MOTORWAY RENEWAL COSTS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSLOG COST FUNCTIONS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

COST; ECONOMETRICS; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 26444489593     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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