Auctioning concessions for private roads

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-172

  Ubbels, Barry ^a   Verhoef, Erik T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auctions; Private investors; Road infrastructure; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRIVATIZATION; TOLL HIGHWAYS;

AUCTIONS; BIDDING; CONCESSIONS; PRIVATE ROADS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

MODELING; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 36348975754     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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