(De)Regulation of the Taxi Industry

This Round Table examines the basic case for liberalisation of the taxi industry, and reviews experiences with taxi (de-)regulation in OECD and ECMT member countries. There are a number of aspects to regulation of the taxi industry including entry, price and service quality regulation. The discussio...

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Corporate Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2007
Series:ECMT Round Tables
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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