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Can Freight Transport Models Be Transferred Across the Atlantic?

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  1. School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

    Kenneth Button

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  1. Department of Economics Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Aura Reggiani

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    Laurie A. Schintler

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Button, K. (2005). Can Freight Transport Models Be Transferred Across the Atlantic?. In: Reggiani, A., Schintler, L.A. (eds) Methods and Models in Transport and Telecommunications. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28550-4_7

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