Exploring the effects of passenger rail franchising in Britain: Evidence from the first two rounds of franchising (1997-2008)

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-79

  Smith, Andrew S J ^a,b   Wheat, Phill E ^a   Nash, Chris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive tendering; Efficiency; Franchising; Productivity; Rail

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957150270     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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