determinants of route entry for both providers. Applying survival models, we find that both companies show an increased probability … increased entry probability independent of the presence of a competitor. …

We study patterns of entry and exit in the German interurban bus industry in the first three years after its … German cities - with the intensity of entry being dependent on the number of inhabitants, average income, the share of under …

asymmetric firms, restructuring, and entry. We show how these welfare effects depend on the initial level of market development …, and restructuring and entry costs. The model generates an endogenous demand for infrastructure investment, and the … simulate the relative welfare effects of reducing transport, restructuring and entry costs, and we evaluate in each case the …

incentives for relatively low-cost firms to enter the market, and thus improves the efficiency of the entry process. The … among firms, the proportion of high-cost firms, the cost of restructuring, and entry costs for new firms. …

market entry whereas for high consumption level customers we have to reject our hypothesis. -- Barrier to entry ; first …