Cost–benefit analysis in transport: Recent developments in rail project appraisal in Britain

Handbook of Research on Cost-Benefit Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 110-142

  Nash, Chris ^a   Laird, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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