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How Can We Call Transport A Utility?

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First railways, then buses and taxis and, for a time, road freight – there has for many years been a tendency to treat transport as a utility, and nowhere more so than in the provision of roads. This article calls for the return of all forms of inland surface transport to the market.

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  • John Hibbs, 2009. "How Can We Call Transport A Utility?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(4), pages 55-59, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:29:y:2009:i:4:p:55-59
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01947.x
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    1. Patrick A. McNutt, 2002. "The Economics of Public Choice, Second Edition," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1889.
    2. John Hibbs, 2009. "Contracts And Partnerships," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 77-80, September.
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