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AN EXAMINATION OF THE COST STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING URBAN BUS SERVICES IN BRITAIN*
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*The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding provided by the Leverhulme Trust and thank Peter White and Martin Higginson for making available their data base and for the extremely valuable assistance they have rendered. The authors, with the usual caveats, would like to acknowledge the comments and advice offered by Tom Weyman-Jones.
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