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    "pk": 3558,
    "title": "Privatization of Transportation Investments",
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    "abstract": "Over the past decade, there has been a wave of public support in many countries for privatization and deregulation in a number of indus­ tries. One of the industries in which privatization is most controversial is urban transportation. In some ways, urban transportation has been the most resistant to privatization, both in the intellectual/theoretical realm and in the political realm. Nevertheless, there is increasing dis­ cussion of privatization to transportation. Recently, the Governor of Massachusetts appointed a task force to study the possibility of privatiz­ ing the maintenance of highways, commuter rail lines, and Boston's Logan Airport (Wall Street journal, May 1, 1991) . There are talks of privatizing the airports of Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and of privatiz­ ing transportation services in other cities. In any case, the arguments for and against privatization are different in many ways for the transpor­ tation sector because of the unique characteristics of urban transporta­ tion markets. Among the special characteristics is the common expecta­ tion that urban transportation, unlike most commodities and services, should operate in order to meet a variety of social goals beyond mere efficiency, including distributional, environmental, and political goals.",
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    "section": "Essays",
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            "first_name": "Pnina",
            "middle_name": "Ohana",
            "last_name": "Plaut",
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    "date_submitted": "2012-07-26T04:00:58+03:00",
    "date_accepted": "2012-07-26T04:00:58+03:00",
    "date_published": "1991-07-25T10:00:00+03:00",
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