What Drives the High Price of Road Freight Transport in Central America?
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- Osborne, Theresa & Pachon, Maria Claudia & Araya, Gonzalo Enrique, 2014. "What drives the high price of road freight transport in Central America ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6844, The World Bank.
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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Markets and Market Access Transport Economics Policy and Planning Transport-Airports and Air Services Economic Theory and Research Roads and Highways;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAM-2014-08-25 (Central and South America)
- NEP-MAC-2014-08-25 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-TRE-2014-08-25 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2014-08-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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