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National FTTH Plans in France, Italy and Portugal

Bourreau, Marc - 2014

to foster the deployment of next generation access networks, namely in France, Italy, and Portugal. In particular, we …

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Network unbundling and flawed coordination : lessons from electricity and railways

Brunekreeft, Gert - 2014

coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …

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Regulated Versus Negotiated Access Pricing in Vertically Separated Railway Systems : Online Appendix

Besanko, David - 2019

This paper studies access pricing under three regimes: regulated access (VSR), negotiated access with discriminatory pricing (VSD) and negotiated access with non-discriminatory pricing (VSN). We compare each regime along three metrics: network quality, consumer surplus, and social welfare. To do...

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Zugangsentgelte zur Infrastruktur der Deutsche Bahn AG : Fluch oder Segen durch vertikale Separierung?

Bataille, Marc; Coenen, Michael - 2010

It has been a policy proposal since long to vertically separate transport and infrastructure in Germany's railway sector. The proposal received new momentum, when selling the transport subsidiaries of Deutsche Bahn AG to the public was discussed in 2008/2009. While vertical separation is...

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Biased quality investments and organisational structures in network industries : an application to the railway industry

Pakula, Benjamin; Goetz, Georg - 2011

regulation, vertical integration and legal unbundling regimes provide highest investment incentives and lead to highest welfare … entrant since this would worsen double marginalisation. When the network operator is subject to a break-even regulation, the … Integration ; Investment ; Foreclosure ; Regulation …

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Structural Separation and Access Pricing in the Railways Sector : Sauce for the Goose Only?

Pittman, Russell W. - 2004

The freight railways sector has three attributes that have proved problematic for recent experiments with vertical separation: a) a relatively high share of network costs in total delivered service costs, b) an apparent persistence of economies of scale at the "competitive" train operations...

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A Note on Non-Discriminatory Access to Railroad Infrastructure

Pittman, Russell W. - 2003

The setting of user prices for enterprises with large fixed costs and marginal costs below average costs - "natural monopolies" - raises important policy questions regarding both efficiency and equity. It has become well accepted among economists that, in a variety of settings, welfare may be...

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Competition of pricing of essential inputs : the case of access charges for the use of the Italian rail infrastucture

Arrigo, Ugo; Di Foggia, Giacomo - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 3, pp. 295-307

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...

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Economic Regulation Assessment of Network Industries : Railway Infrastructure Management in Estonia

Uukkivi, Raigo - 2018

Naturally monopolistic network industries are subject to regulation of access to market and charging in order to … regulation generate and whether it achieves objectives. Literature states that due to the context-specific nature of regulatory … framework, ex post analysis and practical experiments are necessary to study the impact of economic regulation. In this paper …

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Auswirkungen disaggregierter Regulierung auf die Kapazität von Verkehrssektoren : eine wettbewerbstheoretische und empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel des Luftverkehrssektors

Keitel, Sebastian - 2015

Infrastrukturen in Verkehrssektoren sind regelmäßig Gegenstand von Diskussionen um Marktversagen und Markteingriffe. Die in der EU verfolgten Regulierungsansätze und die daraus entstandene Regulierungslandschaft insbesondere in Verkehrssektoren sind dadurch divers: Während...

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