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Autore |
Winston Clifford <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Last exit [[electronic resource] ] : privatization and deregulation of the U.S. transportation system / / Clifford Winston |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75285-5 |
9786612752858 |
0-8157-0476-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transportation - United States |
Transportation and state - United States |
Transportation - Deregulation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Back to the future to improve U.S. transportation -- Intercity transportation under partial deregulation -- Highways -- Urban transit -- Airports and air traffic control -- Constraints on efficient reforms -- Lessons from deregulation of intercity transportation -- Theory and evidence on the economic effects of privatization -- Privatization experiments -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Proposes experiments in deregulating and privatizing the country's transportation systems to rid them of inefficiencies and significantly improve their performance in moving goods and people around the United States; the book covers roads, airports and airport traffic control, mass transit, intercity buses and railway networks"--Provided by publisher. |
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