Highway robbery? A financial analysis of design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) in UK roads

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-274

  Shaoul, Jean ^a   Stafford, Anne ^a   Stapleton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 33644991887     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640500415243     Document Type: Article

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