Elasticities of road traffic and fuel consumption with respect to price and income: A review

Transport Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-292

  Goodwin, Phil ^a   Dargay, Joyce ^a   Hanly, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL CONSUMPTION; INCOME; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRICE DYNAMICS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 3042664010     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144164042000181725     Document Type: Review

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