When are subsidies to trans-European network projects justified?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-170

  Proost, Stef ^a   Dunkerley, Fay ^a   Borger, Bruno De ^b   Gühneman, Astrid ^c   Koskenoja, Pia ^d   Mackie, Peter ^c   Loo, Saskia Van der ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Metropolia   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infrastructure subsidies; International transport; Pricing; Transport investments

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSIDIES; INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT; PORT INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANS EUROPEAN NETWORKS; TRANS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORT INVESTMENT;

COSTS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; INVESTMENT; ROAD PRICING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251628339     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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