The 1993 reform of rail transport in Great Britain led to an outright break-up of the British Rail vertically integrated monopoly. All railway activities have been isolated and divided among private operators whose relationships are determined by contracts. This paper examines the relevance of a...

This paper explores the access charge for the use of the Italian rail infrastructure. Access problems arise when the provision of a complete service to end users requires the combination of two or more inputs, one of which is non-competitive (OECD, 2004). It is a well-known fact that excessive...

This paper explores the access charge for the use of the Italian rail infrastructure. Access problems arise when the provision of a complete service to end users requires the combination of two or more inputs, one of which is non-competitive (OECD, 2004). It is a well-known fact that excessive...

Though many people consider Portland, Oregon, a model of 21st-century urban planning, the region's integrated land-use and transportation plans have greatly reduced the area's livability. To halt urban sprawl and reduce people's dependence on the automobile, Portland's plans use an urban-growth...

In expert markets, different pricing schemes generate different financial incentives for sellers to defraud customers. Using rich microdata on New York City taxi rides, we examine the differences between trips of non-local passengers and those of comparable local passengers, and explore to what...

In expert markets, different pricing schemes generate different financial incentives for sellers to defraud customers. Using rich microdata on New York City taxi rides, we examine the difference between trip distance of non-local passengers and that of comparable local passengers, and explore to...

Although government regulations on product warranties are common, few studies have empirically examined their effects on product demand. Using a natural experiment, we examine the effect of a newly introduced government warranty regulation in China's automobile market on product demand....

This paper presents a theoretical network programming formulation of the extended gateway concept in port hinterland container logistics. The model represents a novel extension of the inward interport model developed by Iannone and Thore (2010), as it simultaneously incorporates economic,...

This paper explores the access charge for the use of the Italian rail infrastructure. Access problems arise when the provision of a complete service to end users requires the combination of two or more inputs, one of which is non-competitive (OECD, 2004). It is a well-known fact that excessive...

From the mid 1990s, Australian public railways were required to provide access to their track infrastructure to third parties seeking to operate trains, and some railways were split into their below-rail (track and signalling infrastructure) and above-rail (rolling stock and locomotives)...