Toll Competition and Dynamic Toll-Setting Strategies

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 186-203

  Shepherd, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

road pricing; system dynamics; toll competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM; DECISION RULES; DEMAND RESPONSE; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; GAME-THEORETIC; GENERALIZED COST; OBSERVED DATA; RE-ROUTING; ROAD PRICING; ROAD USERS; ROUTE CHOICE; STACKELBERG SOLUTION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

ELASTICITY; GAME THEORY; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

PROFITABILITY;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEMAND ELASTICITY; GAME THEORY; MODELING; ROAD PRICING;

EID: 84867257284     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2013.710122     Document Type: Article

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