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Restructuring Soviet Transport: a Study in Similarities and Contrasts

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The nation states created by the disintegration of the former Soviet Union inherited transportation systems ill suited to the needs of market economies. Technologies were often outmoded, too energy intensive and not well adapted to the on-time delivery of small shipments characteristic of a modem consumer society. Furthermore, similarly to much of the rest of the Soviet economy, the transport sector was burdened with unwieldy and diffxcult-to-manage vertically integrated monopolies that were largely unresponsive to customer needs. Policies to solve these problems will vary from mode to mode. For water and highway transport, simple pro-competitive policies that emphasize easy entry, little regulation and prompt privatization should be appropriate. Because of network coordination and specialized infrastructure requirements, rail and air transport will need less fragmented approaches. One positive aspect of the transport situation in the former Soviet Union, slightly reducing the pressures for immediate reforms, the substantial capacity put in place by the old regime-a consequence of the former command/control economy being one of the most transport intensive in the world

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  • John Meyer, 1995. "Restructuring Soviet Transport: a Study in Similarities and Contrasts," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(2), pages 329-340.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ijecbs:v:2:y:1995:i:2:p:329-340
    DOI: 10.1080/758519316
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    Keywords

    transportation; Soviet Union; airlines; railroads; trucking; water transport; JEL classifications: L33; L92; L93;
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    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • L93 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Air Transportation

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