Exploring the effects of competition for railway markets

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This paper studies the effects of introducing competition for local passenger railway markets in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. We compare the evolution of the frequency of service on lines that were exposed to competition for the market with lines procured by direct negotiations with the incumbent. Our results suggest that the competitively procured lines enjoyed a stronger growth of the frequency of service than those that were not procured competitively, even after controlling for various line characteristics that might have had an independent influence on the frequency of service. Our results further suggest that the effects of competition may depend strongly on the operator.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 0511

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; Auctions ; Transportation Economics: Government Pricing and Policy
• Thema: competition for the market ; liberalization ; passenger railways ; procurement auctions ; Personenverkehr ; Eisenbahngesellschaft ; Deregulierung ; Wettbewerb ; Baden-Württemberg

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Lalive, Rafael ; Schmutzler, Armin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/76235
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ