Productivity, Pricing, and Profitability in the U.S. Rail Freight Industry, 1995-2004
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1046-1469
DOI: 10.5399/osu/jtrf.45.3.626