Competition for Public Transport Services - Institutional Framework and Empirical Evidence of Bus Services in Germany

This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services. Using Germany as a case study, the author explains the dichotomous system of a market with licenses for commercial services, where operators are granted exclusivity, and licenses for non-commercial services, where supplementary direct subsidies are tendered out by public transport authorities. The empirical analysis is based on primary data usually not publicly available, and supplemented by numerous expert interviews. The book aims to provide a basic understanding of the players and their options, offer insights into the German model, and make policy recommendations for those whose goal is to increase competition.

List of contents

Preface.- Part I: Overview.- Part II: The German Institutional Framework.- Part III: Competition for Non-Commercial Services.- Part IV: Competition for Commercial Services.- Part V: Conclusions and Outlook.- Appendices.- References.

Summary

This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services. Using Germany as a case study, the author explains the dichotomous system of a market with licenses for commercial services, where operators are granted exclusivity, and licenses for non-commercial services, where supplementary direct subsidies are tendered out by public transport authorities. The empirical analysis is based on primary data usually not publicly available, and supplemented by numerous expert interviews. The book aims to provide a basic understanding of the players and their options, offer insights into the German model, and make policy recommendations for those whose goal is to increase competition.

Product details

• Authors: Arne Beck
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783790829495
• ISBN: 978-3-7908-2949-5
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 409 g
• Illustrations: XXVI, 238 p.
• Series: Contributions to Economics; Contributions to Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; C, Economic Policy, Economics, Procurement, Law and Economics, Economics and Finance, Operations Management, Management science, Purchasing & supply management, Public international law: economic & trade, Company, commercial & competition law: general, Industrial procurement