We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In addition to a brief characterization of the liberalization process and several general market developments, we provide a detailed analysis of selected market characteristics such as...

The transport sector - road transport, in particular - accounts for more than half of world oil consumption. In the future, the transport sector's share of oil consumption will grow even more, primarily due to the increasing use of motor vehicles in developing and emerging countries. Road...

Über die Hälfte des weltweiten Ölverbrauchs entfällt auf den Verkehrssektor, insbesondere den Straßenverkehr. Künftig wird der Anteil des Verkehrssektors am Ölverbrauch sogar noch steigen, vor allem aufgrund der zunehmenden Nutzung von Kraftfahrzeugen in Entwicklungs- und...

The first part of the paper reports the results from a sequence of laboratory experiments comparing the bidding behavior for multiple contracts in three different sealed bid auction mechanisms; first-price simultaneous, first-price sequential and first-price combinatorial bidding. The design of...

This work analyses the risk allocation between government and concessionaire in the High Speed Train (HST) Project from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo and Campinas. The concession model proposed by the government to transfer the HST operation to private firms in 2010 was revised in 2012, with the...

The waterway transportation is considered the most efficient. Moreover, Brazil has many rivers, besides the extensive coastline, appropriate to navigation. However, this mode of transport is not widely used in the country, especially inland. This study evaluates the possible causes for this....

The provision of public transit is thought to reduce travel time losses that are due to car congestion. For this reason, it is economically justified to subsidise public transit from a welfare perspective as it creates a congestion-relief benefit. The main goal of this paper is to quantify the...

TThe major ski markets of the world are reaching a point of stagnation or decline. After a long period of increased demand and expansions, this also holds true for the Swedish ski resorts. Although the apparent stagnation, the main factors influencing the demand for skiing in Sweden are not...

This paper investigates the factors that influence the change in passenger ski-lift transports between a normal winter and an anomalously mild winter based on individual lift and aggregate ski-area data. Special focus is placed on the return on investments in new ski lifts. Using endogenous...

[Zielsetzung der Arbeit] Die in Kapitel 1 vorgestellten Sachverhalte bilden den Rahmen für die vorliegende Ausarbeitung. Die in Folge des Klimawandels stetig ansteigende globale Durchschnittstemperatur bedingt, dass ein entschlossenes Handeln unausweichlich wird, um die heutigen Lebensbedingung...