The current level of competition in European commercial passenger rail markets is low and empirical data on customer … preferences in intramodal competition has hardly been available, yet. Our study raises the knowledge of competition in commercial … regressions. Our analysis indicates that customers experiencing competition (Cologne-Brussels) show a higher preference for …

the question whether these circumstances will ultimately lead to distortion of competition. …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry. …

monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry …

1-rule is expected to prevent. To examine the effects of the regulation empirically, we gathered panel data on 47 teams … properties of the regulation. We find anticompetitive effects and distorting properties of the regulation. …