The UK railway privatisation: Failing to succeed?

Economic Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Tyrrall, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644236624     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2004.t01-1-00488.x     Document Type: Article

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