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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA

    Lei Zhang & David Levinson

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  1. Department of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain

    Pablo Coto-Millán

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Zhang, L., Levinson, D. (2007). The Economics of Transportation Network Growth. In: Coto-Millán, P., Inglada, V. (eds) Essays on Transport Economics. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1765-2_18

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