Regulating Public Transit Networks: How do Urban-Intercity Diversification and Speed-up Measures Affect Firms' Cost Performance?

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-225

  Fraquelli, Giovanni ^a   Piacenza, Massimiliano ^b   Abrate, Graziano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Ceris CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 33745034956     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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