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A New Look at Urban Transit: Control vs. Market Approaches

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  • Due, John F.

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The purpose of this paper is to take a preliminary new look at urban transit with regard to free market vs. government control. There is a sharp division between the free market emphasis in the literature and the government control emphasis in practice, in the United States and elsewhere.

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  • Due, John F., 2003. "A New Look at Urban Transit: Control vs. Market Approaches," Working Papers 03-0101, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Business.
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    1. Pashigian, B Peter, 1976. "Consequences and Causes of Public Ownership of Urban Transit Facilities," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 84(6), pages 1239-1259, December.
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    1. Phang, Sock-Yong, 2007. "Urban rail transit PPPs: Survey and risk assessment of recent strategies," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 214-231, May.

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