Too expensive to meter: The influence of transaction costs in transportation and communication

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1872, 2008, Pages 2033-2046

  Levinson, David ^a   Odlyzko, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection costs; London railways; London Underground; Telecommunications; Transaction costs; Transport

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COLLECTION COSTS; LONDON RAILWAYS; LONDON UNDERGROUND; TRANSACTION COSTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 42549108515     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0022     Document Type: Article

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