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Efficient Local Government Service Provision : the Role of Privatization and Public Sector Unions

Jerch, Rhiannon - 2016

delivering key services. To understand the productivity both over time and across space, we examine public bus service, which … across transit agencies in the operating cost per bus mile with the highest being more than three times as high as the lowest … result in cost savings of $5.7 billion in 2011 and that the gain in economic efficiency from more closely aligning bus fares …

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Spatial convergence of regions revisited : a spatial maximum likelihood systems approach

Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2009

This paper suggests that one should account for the endogeneity of important explanatory variables and the persistence of technology shocks when analyzing spatial convergence among regions.Specifically, it is argued that a systems approach is called for that includes the average growth rate and...

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Spatial convergence of regions revisited : a spatial maximum likelihood systems approach

Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2009

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Wege zur Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur

Fratzscher, Marcel; Mühlenkamp, Holger; Lindner, Fabian; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 7, pp. 447-467

Im April 2015 hat die Expertenkommission zur 'Stärkung von Investitionen in Deutschland' ihren Bericht abgeliefert und … damit die Diskussion über die Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland wieder angeregt. Einig sind sich …

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Determining optimal transit charges : the Kiel Canal in Germany

Heitmann, Nadine; Rehdanz, Katrin; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2011

monopoly that allows, in principle, for perfect price discrimination, we contrast the current charging system with an optimal … ; Germany ; price discrimination …

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Wege zur Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur

In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 95 (2015) 7, pp. 447-467

Im April 2015 hat die Expertenkommission zur „Stärkung von Investitionen in Deutschland“ ihren Bericht abgeliefert und … damit die Diskussion über die Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland wieder angeregt. Einig sind sich …

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Competitive procurement design : evidence from regional passenger railway services in Germany

Hunold, Matthias; Wolf, Christoph - 2013

bidders. -- Competitive tendering ; market entry ; networks ; public procurement ; railroads …

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Competitive Procurement Design : Evidence from Regional Passenger Railway Services in Germany

Hunold, Matthias - 2013

We study competitive awarding procedures of short haul railway passenger services in Germany from 1995 to 2011 by means of a newly collected data set. In particular, we use regression techniques to investigate the determinants of the number of bidders, the identity of the winning bidder and the...

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Disruptive Competition and the Cost of Leveling the Playing Field : Evidence from the Taxi Industry

Leccese, Mario - 2021

I study the effects of a tax on ride-sharing trips in Chicago, which was nominally motivated by a desire to reduce congestion, but which also affected competition between ride-sharing platforms and traditional taxis. I find that platforms passed through more than 100% of the tax to consumers...

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Railroad Deregulation : Pricing Reforms, Shipper Responses, and the Effects on Labor

MacDonald, James M.; Cavalluzzo, Linda C. - 1998

The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 relaxed restrictions on pricing and eased abandonment procedures in the railroad industry. Although the Act made virtually no reference to labor, its impact on labor has been dramatic. The long-term contraction of industry employment accelerated quite sharply after...

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