Analysis of rail transit project selection bias with an incentive approach

Planning Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-94

  Chen, Wenling ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentive theory; Light rail transit; Principal agent problem; Project selection bias

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33947146508     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095207075162     Document Type: Review

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