TI 2003-085/3
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper
Second-best Pricing for Imperfect Substitutes in Urban
Networks
Jan Rouwendal
Erik T. Verhoef
Department of Spatial Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, and Tinbergen Institute.
Tinbergen Institute
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