Analysis of a build-operate-transfer scheme for road franchising

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 312-338

  Guo, Xiaolei ^a   Yang, Hai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Private toll road; Profit; Road franchising; Social welfare; Traffic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449573032     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310802259981     Document Type: Article

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