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Competition And The Railroads: A European Perspective

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  • Günter Knieps

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The reform of European railroads is a time-consuming process strongly characterized by its path-dependency. First, a short outline of the historical roots of the controversial debates on the role of the state and the markets, and the organization of competition in European railroad industries is provided. Second, the opening of the market for train services in the context of the liberalization of European transport markets since 1985 is characterized and the regulatory preconditions for competition on the tracks are presented. Third, the evolution of track access regulation in Europe during the last decades is analyzed, differentiating between the period of negotiated third-party access after 1991, the introduction of ex ante regulation by the first railroad infrastructure package in 2001, and the danger of over-regulation posed by the recent Draft Directive of July 2012, establishing a single European railway area. Fourth, the role of competition on the markets for rail services and the reform process of interoperability requirements are considered. Finally, competition on the markets for rail services and public subsidies for rail infrastructures as well as subsidies for train services are evaluated.

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  • Günter Knieps, 2013. "Competition And The Railroads: A European Perspective," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 9(1), pages 153-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jcomle:v:9:y:2013:i:1:p:153-169.
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    1. Ugo Arrigo & Giacomo Foggia, 2013. "Schemes And Levels Of State Aid To Rail Industry In Europe: Evidences From A Cross-Country Comparison," European Journal of Business and Economics, Central Bohemia University, vol. 8(3), pages 4101:8-4101, October.
    2. Pittman, Russell & Jandova, Monika & Krol, Marcin & Nekrasenko, Larysa & Paleta, Tomas, 2019. "The Effectiveness of EC Policies to Move Freight from Road to Rail: Evidence from CEE Grain Markets," MPRA Paper 97571, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Knieps, Günter, 2014. "Competition and third party access in railroads," Discussion Papers 150, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    4. Knieps, Günter & Stocker, Volker, 2014. "Market driven network neutrality and the fallacy of a two-tiered Internet traffic regulation," Discussion Papers 149, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    5. Knieps, Günter, 2013. "Market versus state in building the aviation value chain," Discussion Papers 146, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    6. Shahin Shakibaei & Pelin Alpkokin, 2019. "Conflict Resolution in Competitive Liberalized Railway Market: Application of Game Theoretic Concepts," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(01), pages 1-21, November.
    7. Pittman, Russell & Choi, Sunghee, 2013. "The Economics of Railways Restructuring in South Korea," MPRA Paper 44992, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Knieps, Günter, 2013. "The evolution of the generalized differentiated services architecture and the changing role of the Internet engineering task force," Discussion Papers 147, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.
    9. Patrice Bougette & Axel Gautier & Frédéric Marty, 2021. "Which access to which assets for an effective liberalization of the railway sector?," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 22(2), pages 87-110, June.
    10. Pittman, Russell, 2016. "Reforming and Restructuring Ukrzaliznytsia: A Crucial Task for Ukrainian Reformers," MPRA Paper 76028, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Pittman Russell, 2015. "Railways Restructuring and Ukrainian Economic Reform," Man and the Economy, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 87-107, June.
    12. Cui, Shana & Pittman, Russell & Zhao, Jian, 2018. "Restructuring the Chinese Freight Railway: Two Scenarios," MPRA Paper 88407, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    13. Arrigo, Ugo & Di Foggia, Giacomo, 2013. "Assessing the railways subsidy in selected European countries: insights from the Italian case," MPRA Paper 67830, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. David Besanko & Shana Cui, 2019. "Regulated versus negotiated access pricing in vertically separated railway systems," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 55(1), pages 1-32, February.
    15. Knieps, Günter & Stocker, Volker, 2014. "The fallacies of regulatory market splits: Network neutrality regulation ante portas," Discussion Papers 151, University of Freiburg, Institute for Transport Economics and Regional Policy.

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    JEL classification:

    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy

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