Using the Kaldor-Hicks Tableau to assess sustainability in cost-benefit analysis in transport: An example framework for rail transit

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-105

  Lane, Bradley W ^a   Sherman, Colin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Kaldor Hicks Tableau; Mass transit; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878524595     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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