Issues in subsidization with attention to the subsidization of passenger rail service / by Jerome T. Bentley.: EC22-3/1985-282E-PDF

"The subsidization of services provided by government enterprises is examined in this study. Special attention is focused on subsidies that encourage efficiency and promote service quality. The economics of quality is studied and several alternative approaches to promoting service quality are evaluated. Next, past and current practices in the passenger transport sector are reviewed. Finally, the specific case of rail passenger service in Canada is studied"--Abstract, p. iv.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Economic Council of Canada.
Title Issues in subsidization with attention to the subsidization of passenger rail service / by Jerome T. Bentley.
Series title Discussion paper ; no. 282
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "May 1985."
Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate].
Includes bibliographic references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1985.
Author / Contributor Bentley, Jerome Thomas.
Description v, 147 p. : charts.
Catalogue number
  • EC22-3/1985-282E-PDF
Subject terms Funding
Rail transport
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