Alternative forms of economic regulation and their efficiency implications for airports

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-246

  Oum, Tae Hoon ^a   Zhang, Anming ^a   Zhang, Yimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; PRICING POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 2942540994     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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