New labour, public-private partnerships and rail transport policy

Economic Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Jupe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Rail; London underground; Metronet; PFI; PPP; Private finance Initiative; Public Private partnerships; Rail privatisation; Railtrack; Third way; Tube lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249144945     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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