Japan

Changing Trains: Railway Reform and the Role of Competition: The Experience of Six Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 255-306

  Mizutani, Fumitoshi ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HERTFORD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56449095674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429463556-6     Document Type: Chapter

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