Ex-ante evaluation of mega-projects: Methodological issues and cost-benefit analysis

Decision-Making on Mega-Projects: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 40-65

  Van Wee, Bert ^a   Tavasszy, Lóránt A ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70350663627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848440173.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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