Regulation of the informal transport sector in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Welfare impacts and policy analysis

Transportation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-616

  Golub, Aaron ^a   Balassiano, Ronaldo ^b   Araújo, Ayres ^c   Ferreira, Eric ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c ENGEVIX Engenharia S/A ^*  (Brazil)

^d Faculdade de Tecnologia da Baixada Santista   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Informal transportation; Jitneys; Regulation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION; JITNEYS; REGULATION; WELFARE;

INVESTMENTS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

ECONOMICS;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; INFORMAL SECTOR; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT; WELFARE IMPACT;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67849128569     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9215-y     Document Type: Article

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