Privately owned railways' cost function, organization size and ownership

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-322

  Mizutani, Fumitoshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost function; Organization size; Private ownership; Privately owned railways

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043175689     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REGE.0000017751.07079.75     Document Type: Article

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