Evaluating urban transport improvements: Cost-benefit analysis in the presence of agglomeration and income taxation

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-188

  Venables, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34249795158     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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