The world's first railway system : enterprise, competition, and regulation on the railway network in Victorian Britain /

This text presents a history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses counterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time.

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1. Verfasser:
Casson
Weitere Verfasser:
Mark
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
This text presents a history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses counterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time.
Umfang:
1 online resource (556 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-366) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-157041-9
9786612349164
1-282-34916-3
Schlagworte:
Railroads and state > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
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