The measurement of transaction costs evidence from european railways

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-365

  Merkert, Rico ^a,b,c   Smith, Andrew S J ^a,b,c   Nash, Chris A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

GERMANY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866339640     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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