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The upside of London Tube strikes

Shaun Larcom, Ferdinand Rauch and Tim Willems


In February 2014, strikes by staff on London's underground network enabled a sizeable fraction of commuters to find better routes, according to research by Shaun Larcom, Ferdinand Rauch and Tim Willems. Many commuters were forced to experiment and around one in 20 stuck with their new routes after the strike was over.


6 November 2015     Paper Number CEPCP455

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