The subject of this case study, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, is the biggest company in Austrian local and regional transport sector. As a formally independent enterprise under private law and owned by the city, it has been the sole provider of local public passenger transport services in the City...

This paper looks at possible problems concerning the economic effects of the introduction of an compulsory competitive tendering for general economic interest services at the local level. It examines the framework in Austria and some fundamental problems of competitive tendering. An obligation...