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Contestability in the UK bus industry? The National Bus Company, and the "Tilling Mark II" effect

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  • Sealey, R.

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Contestable Market theory has been described as the 'Fourth Age of Transport Policy'. Politicians and economists applied this theory to achieve lower output cost without the need for structural change. In the United Kingdom, this theory provided the rationale behind the 1984 'Buses' White Paper. However, the subsequent atomisation of the National Bus Company ordered by Nicholas Ridley, the then Secretary of State for Transport, went against the contestability theory. The subsequent re-oligopolisation of the industry merely re-visited the past and could be described as the Tilling Mark II effect.

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  • Langridge, R. & Sealey, R., 2000. "Contestability in the UK bus industry? The National Bus Company, and the "Tilling Mark II" effect," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 105-115, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:7:y:2000:i:2:p:105-115
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