Are Returns to Scale with Variable Network Size Adequate for Transport Industry Structure Analysis?
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Keywords
transportation economics; returns to scale; transport production; multioutput cost functions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
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