India's road network of over 4.1 million km is second largest in the world consisting of expressways, national highways, state highways, major district roads and other roads. These roads carry about 65 per cent of freight and 80 per cent of passenger traffic. National highways constitute only...

It has become increasingly common to allocate highway franchises to the bidder that offers to charge the lowest toll. Often, building a highway increases the value of land held by a small group of developers, an effect that is more pronounced with lower tolls. We study the welfare implications...

India's road network of over 4.1 million km is second largest in the world consisting of expressways, national highways, state highways, major district roads and other roads. These roads carry about 65 per cent of freight and 80 per cent of passenger traffic. National highways constitute only...

This paper analyses the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure development in the new EU member states and candidate countries in Central and Eastern Europe. We survey projects in transport, water, energy, and telecommunications sectors and then focus on the highway...

Private toll roads are now seriously considered as an alternative to public (free-access) road infrastructure. Nevertheless, complete private provision without governmental control is only rarely considered. A main consideration against private roads would be that operators would be primarily...

We study road supply by competing firms between a single origin and destination. In previous studies, firms simultaneously set their tolls and capacities while taking the actions of the others as given in a Nash fashion. Then, under some widely used technical assumptions, firms set a...

Companies can be valuable partners in delivering essential goods but must be appropriately motivated to participate in humanitarian crisis management. This work provides valuable insights into the status of humanitarian crisis management from the perspective of different stakeholders. It shows...

Am 15. August 2001 hat das Bundeskabinett den Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Einführung von streckenbezogenen Gebühren für die Benutzung von Bundesautobahnen mit schweren Nutzfahrzeugen verabschiedet. Tragen die gewählten verkehrspolitischen Instrumente zu einer Lösung der Probleme im...

Gegenwärtig wird der Verkauf des deutschen Autobahnnetzes diskutiert. Mit den Privatisierungserlösen könnte ein erheblicher Teil der Verschuldung des Bundes abgebaut werden. Ist die traditionelle staatliche Bereitstellung noch gerechtfertigt? Wie weit sollte eine Autobahnprivatisierung gehen?