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Recent deregulation in German long distance bus services lead to highly dynamic developments in this market. Long-distance coach services in the U.S. have been deregulated since the 1980th. The aim of this paper is to compare one established and one young/emerging market with the example of the...
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This paper describes the development of competition in the Czech railway passenger market. The vertical separation of … route at the end of 2012. This resulted in an intensive on-track competition with tariff declines and service improvements …
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raised were referred to the Competition Commission. Its final report was published in December 2011. Subsequently, the House …, including the extent to which price competition may be effective, the appropriate rate of return on capital that would be … importance of competition per se, as distinct from attributes of direct concern to users (such as reliability, frequency, and …
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This paper considers the continued relevance of competition for utility regulation, especially in the context of … paper concludes by suggesting the scope for competition in designing and setting price controls. …
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terms of competition dynamics. …
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different models for postal competition and regulation in the EU and the US and their history, together with their implications …
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District heating plays a major role in many countries' heating markets. Unlike natural gas and electric power utilities, district-heating systems are commonly not subject to direct economic regulation, particularly with regard to prices. This article examines the possibility of regulating...
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The article analyses the development of retail competition in electricity markets, compares market structures and … British retail market. We also evaluate the impact of other factors that influence the dynamic of retail competition: national …
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We consider the design of multi-attribute procurement contracts when the supplier possesses multi-dimensional private information. Specifically, we consider a buyer who must design a contract to procure a single product whose value is a function of two attributes. The potential supplier׳s cost...
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island residents raise demand and positively affect competition and the number of flights at the route level. These effects …) reduce competition on the protected routes, while their effect on the number of flights differs depending on national …
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