Measuring quantity-quality trade-offs in regulation: The brazilian freight railways case

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Estache, Antonio ^a   Perelman, Sergio ^b   Trujillo, Lourdes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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EID: 57049085605     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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