An empirical study on the transaction sector within rail firms

Transportmetrica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Merkert, Rico ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

railways; transaction costs; transaction sector; vertical separation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PARENT COMPANY; RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAYS; RELATIVE SIZES; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TRAIN OPERATIONS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION SECTOR; VERTICAL SEPARATION;

INDUSTRY; OPERATING COSTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SEPARATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858152449     PISSN: 18128602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128601003674235     Document Type: Article

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