Noise charges in railway infrastructure: A pricing schedule based on the marginal cost principle

Transport Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-213

  Andersson, Henrik ^a   Ögren, Mikael ^b  

^a Swedish National Rd and Transport Research Institute ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Externalities; Marginal cost; Noise; Railway

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; NOISE; RAILWAY; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 34248679891     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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