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Railroad Restructuring in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: One Solution for All Problems?

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Russell Pittman (Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice)
Sergei Guriev (New Economic School)
Guido Friebel (University of Toulouse)
Anna Tomova (University of Zilina)
Elizaveta Cheviakhova (Boston College)

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Railways restructuring takes place under very different circumstances and with very different goals in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia. Observed improvements in productivity associated with vertical access and vertical separation in Western Europe are not certain to be replicated following similar restructuring in transition economies, especially if one takes account of the much higher shadow price on government subsidies in the latter. This paper describes in detail the current and proposed reforms in the railways of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, analyzes the likely outcomes of reforms in the special economic, regulatory, and legal environments of these countries, and presents an alternative proposal for restructuring in Russia.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Industrial Organization with number 0504021.

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Keywords: railway restructuring Russia Central and Eastern Europe transition vertical separation

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  2. IVALDI, Marc & MCCULLOUGH, Gerard, 1999. "Density and Integration Effects on Class I U.S. Freight Railroads," IDEI Working Papers 93, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
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  3. Ivaldi, Marc & McCullough, Gerard, 2004. "Subadditivity Tests for Network Separation with an Application to US Railroads," CEPR Discussion Papers 4392, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. FRIEBEL, Guido & IVALDI, Marc & VIBES, Catherine, 2003. "Railway (De) Regulation : A European Efficiency Comparison," IDEI Working Papers 221, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
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