A cost-minimisation principle of adaptation of private car use in response to road pricing schemes

Advances in Spatial Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2008, Pages 331-349

  Loukopoulos, Peter ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^b   Jakobsson, Cecilia ^b   Fujii, Satoshi ^c  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 85020230935     PISSN: 14309602     EISSN: 21979375     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77150-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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