Die Monopolkommission kommt in ihrem jüngsten Sondergutachten zur Funktionsfähigkeit des Wettbewerbs auf den TK-Märkten zum Schluss, dass sowohl die Fernnetze als auch die Ortsnetze weiterhin regulierungsbedürftig seien. Anhand ausländischer Erfahrungen, wettbewerbsökonomischer Analysen...

This chapter is organized as follows: In section 2 the historical roots of third par-ty access regulation are characterized. This includes the Prussian railway law of 1838 and the terminal railroad case of 1912. In section 3 a normative frame-work, based on modern network economics, for the...

Over the last few years, much progress has been made in developing rail charges to ensure non-discriminatory access to, and efficient use of national rail networks, but in Europe the international dimension is still missing, particularly in terms of the freight market. Integration of European...