Marginal costs and capacity utilization: Calculating short-run, medium-term, and long-run marginal costs in the ferry industry

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-389

  Mathisen, Terje Andreas ^a  

^a UK and Bodø Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacity utilization; Fare scheme; Ferry industry; Long run marginal costs; Medium term marginal costs; Short run marginal cost

Indexed keywords

COST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 57649196657     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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