In counter-productive policy creating serious consequences? The case of highway maintenance

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-394

  Friedman, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; MAINTENANCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 33847152957     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.351     Document Type: Review

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