Agent-based model of price competition, capacity choice, and product differentiation on congested networks

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-461

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Levinson, David M ^b   Zhu, Shanjiang ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 55349091353     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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