Price and frequency competition in freight transportation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 938-953

  Shah, Nilopa ^a   Brueckner, Jan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of freight industry; Frequency competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; SHIPS;

BRAND LOYALTY; COMPARATIVE STATICS; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EXCESS CAPACITY; FREIGHT CARRIER; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INVENTORY HOLDING; SOCIAL OPTIMUMS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EQUILIBRIUM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84860119783     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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