The impact of user heterogeneity on road franchising

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 958-975

  Tan, Zhijia ^a   Yang, Hai ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Pareto efficiency; Regulation; Road concessions; User heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

MODELING; REGULATORY APPROACH; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 84861211824     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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