Despite the deregulation of the market, the Norwegian express bus market is heavilyconcentrated to one major actor; Nor-Way Bussekspress which is owned by 40 different busoperators. We investigate this lack of competiton. Although several entry barriers can beidentified from a theoretical point...

Competitive tendering of local public transport services has been allowed in Norway since 1994. By 2005, 28 percent of all route production in Norway was procured on the basis of tendered contracts, covering around 40 percent of all passengers. The majority of the tendered contracts were gross...

Infrastructure decisions and transport policies are often based on the notion that all decisions are made at one single point in time, based on full information and an accurate evaluation of the benefits and costs of different alternatives. The reality is very much different, especially in the...