Economies of scale after deregulation in LTL trucking: A test case for the survivor technique

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-370

  Giordano, James N ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46949086971     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1411     Document Type: Article

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