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The Effects of Increased Competition in a Vertically Separated Railway Market

Lang, Markus; Laperrouza, Marc; Finger, Matthias - Swiss Economics - 2010

This paper presents a game-theoretic model of a liberalized railway market, in which train operation and ownership of infrastructure are vertically separated. We analyze how the regulatory agency will optimally set the charges that operators have to pay to the infrastructure manager for access...

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A General Framework for Regulation and Liberalization in Network Industries

Jaag, Christian; Trinkner, Urs - Swiss Economics - 2009

In parallel with liberalization, sector-specific regulation in network industries has become a widely discussed topic … on whether such regulation is necessary and if so what its optimal design should be. Some argue for complete deregulation …. Consequently, competition law and sector-specific regulation play complementary roles. In this paper, we present a general economic …

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Ein kohärenter Regulierungsrahmen für den Schienengüterverkehr in der Schweiz

Grotrian, Jobst; Jaag, Christian; Trinkner, Urs - Swiss Economics - 2011

Der Schweizer Schienengüterverkehr steht vor wesentlichen Herausforderungen. Zum einen sind die Anbieter einem starken intra- und intermodalen Wettbewerb ausgesetzt; zum anderen spiegeln die gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen vielfältige, sich teils widersprechende politische Anliegen im Bereich...

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Market Regulations and USO in the Revised Swiss Postal Act: Provisions and Authorities

Jaag, Christian; Maegli, Martin - Swiss Economics - 2014

to 50 grams and a regulatory cost allocation mechanism to ensure consistency of price regulation and the financing of the …

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Assessment of EU Postal Sector Policy during the Second Barroso Administration (2010-2014)

Jaag, Christian; Trinkner, Urs; Yusof, Jeffrey - Swiss Economics - 2014

This paper assesses the EU postal sector policy of the second Barroso Commission from 2010 to 2014. The main goal of the Commission is to achieve a single European market for postal services. The paper distinguishes between the following three objectives, whose implementation should lead to the...

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Liberalization and Regulation of the Swiss Letter Market

Dietl, Helmut M.; Trinkner, Urs; Bleisch, Reto - Swiss Economics - 2004

The paper analyzes the impact of different regulatory models on competition and welfare in the Swiss letter market. We conclude that the US system worksharing yields the best results.

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The interaction of universal service costing and financing in the postal sector: A calibrated approach

Jaag, Christian; Trinkner, Urs - Swiss Economics - 2010

The financing of universal service provision in the postal sector has traditionally relied on granting the universal service provider a reserved area. Together with growing electronic substitution, current liberalization policies promoting competitive entry may put the traditional universal...

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Forecasting E-Substitution and Mail Demand

Trinkner, Urs; Grossmann, Martin - Swiss Economics - 2005

Based on historical data from 1980 to 2004 the paper analyzes the main drivers of mail demand and the impact of e-substitution by using time-series techniques. We find strong evidence for e-substitution. In the second part of the paper we provide forecasts for future mail volumes.

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Unobserved heterogeneous effects in the cost efficiency analysis of electricity distribution systems

Agrell, Per J.; Farsi, Mehdi; Filippini, Massimo; … - Swiss Economics - 2013

The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost efficiency of electricity distribution systems in order to enable … regulatory authorities to establish price- or revenue cap regulation regimes. The increasing use of efficiency analysis in the …

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Integrated timetables for railway passenger transport services

Strube Martins, Sonia; Finger, Matthias; Haller, Andreas; … - Swiss Economics - 2012

Rail passenger transport services with integrated regular interval timetables (IRIT) offer passengers a regular interval timetable for services on the railway network. IRIT have the potential to increase the quality and attractiveness of railway passenger services in comparison to other...

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