The Relevance of scale and scope economies in the provision of urban and intercity bus transport

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-187

  Di Giacomo, Marina ^a,b   Ottoz, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Higher Education and Research on Mobility and the Economics of Public Services   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MONOPOLY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 77952706934     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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