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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423547
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895972
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Railway (De)Regulation : A European Efficiency Comparison
Friebel, Guido; Ivaldi, Marc; Vibes, Catherine - 2005
Many European countries have sought to increase the efficiency of national railroad companies through a range of reforms: separating infrastructure and operations, creating independent regulatory institutions and providing access to the network to third parties. To estimate the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073305
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Liberalization of Pakistan's National Rail Transport System - Establishing a Competitive Regulatory Framework for Long Term Sustainable Growth
Javed, Syed Umair - 2013
The dissertation attempts to see whether liberalizing Pakistan’s national rail transport system will enable the latter to grow sustainably. First an assessment of existing literature on the subject was conducted. Then Pakistan’s national rail transport system is studied in a multi-facet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014161007
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Processes, Information and Accounting Gaps in the Regulation of Argentina's Private Railways
Estache, Antonio; Campos, Javier; Trujillo, Lourdes - 2002
Almost a decade after Argentina began privatizing its railways, resolution of the conflicts between regulators, users and operators continues to take longer, and to be more difficult than expected. This paper shows that many of these conflicts arose because there are no rule of interactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014122320
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The Costs and Benefits of Early Regulation of the Railroads
Zerbe, Richard O. - 2022
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) is a classic example of regulation, and the origins and operation of this … agency have been much analyzed. These have been variously described as examples of public interest regulation, capture … regulation, and what I have called predatory regulation. By predatory regulation I mean that the agency (or law) is created …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013298509
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222818
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Railways : Structure, Regulation and Competition Policy
Biggar, Darryl R. - 2002
This publication (of 264 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on regulation and competition issues arising … papers examining issues in the regulation of railways and submissions from 15 countries describing the regulatory regime for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207631
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Creating a National Champion : International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
Juranek, Steffen - 2019
This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis shows that the decision to unbundle institutionally or organizationally with separated accounts depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012905828
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907852