The British passenger rail privatisation - Conclusions on subsidy and efficiency from the first round of franchises

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-104

  Cowie, Jonathan ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149090701     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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