Competition, Regulation and Privatisation: The Railroads and Telecommunications Network Industries in Germany

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In this paper we compare the privatisation and deregulation experience of German railroads with the telecommunications sector. In section 2 the period of nationalisation, legal entry barriers and self-regulation for the German railroad and the telecommunications sector is characterized. Section 3 is devoted to the privatisation and entry deregulation during the German telecommunications reform as well as the German railroad reform. In section 4 the need for a sector-symmetric regulatory approach is derived, with particular emphasis on the phasing-out potentials of sector specific regulation. It is shown that the problem of nondiscriminatory access has to be solved with respect of the railway infrastructure as a whole, whereas in telecommunications only the local loop may create a remaining regulatory problem.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 104

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Eisenbahnpolitik ; Telekommunikationspolitik ; Privatisierung ; Deregulierung ; Netzzugang ; Vergleich ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Knieps, Günter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Verkehrswissenschaft und Regionalpolitik
• (where): Freiburg i. Br.
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23018
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET