A cost-benefit analysis of the privatization of Canadian National Railway

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-83

  Boardman, Anthony E ^a   Laurin, Claúde ^b   Moore, Mark A ^c   Vining, Aidan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Distributional welfare impacts; Privatization; Railway; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; WELFARE IMPACT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68349121481     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.35.1.59     Document Type: Article

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