Capacity cost structure, welfare and cost recovery: Are transport infrastructures with high fixed costs a handicap?

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 506-521

  De Borger, Bruno ^a   Dunkerley, Fay ^b   Proost, Stef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capacity cost structure; Cost recovery; Transport investment

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DEPRECIATION; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

CAPACITY COSTS; COST RECOVERY; INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORT INVESTMENT; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; VARIABLE CAPACITY;

COSTS;

BENCHMARKING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; PLANNING THEORY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 62849104341     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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