Are Britain's railways costing too much? Perspectives based on TFP comparisons with British Rail 1963-2002

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-44

  Smith, Andrew S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644526224     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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