Competitive Tendering and Optimal Size in the Regional Bus Transportation Industry: An Example from Italy

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-182

  Cambini, C ^a   Filippini, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 27844442376     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00220     Document Type: Article

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