Properties of Pareto-efficient contracts and regulations for road franchising

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-433

  Tan, Zhijia ^a   Yang, Hai ^a   Guo, Xiaolei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Pareto efficiency; Private road; Regulation; Road franchising

Indexed keywords

PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BI OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; BUILD OPERATE TRANSFERS; PARETO EFFICIENCY; PERFECT INFORMATIONS; PRIVATE ROAD; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; REGULATION; ROAD FRANCHISING;

TRANSPORTATION;

PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RETURNS TO SCALE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 77549085786     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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