Were British railway companies well managed in the early twentieth century?

Economic History Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 842-866

  Crafts, Nocholas ^a   Leunig, Timothy ^b   Mulatu, Abay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54749096002     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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