Intra-agent heterogeneity in urban freight distribution: The case of own-account operators

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-284

  Marcucci, Edoardo ^a   Gatta, Valerio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freight policy evaluation; Own account; Preference heterogeneity; Urban freight distribution

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEITY; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; RANKING; RETAILING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84881002873     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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