Alternative marginal-cost pricing for road networks

NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Yin, Yafeng ^a   Lawphongpanich, Siriphong ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Marginal cost; Pigouvian tax; Traffic assignment problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349187290     PISSN: 13859587     EISSN: 15737071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11066-008-9020-3     Document Type: Article

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