Optimal highway design and user welfare under value pricing

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Light, Thomas ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Highway investment; Road pricing; Value pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651204426     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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