This paper presents the results of a research into railway regulation and liberalisation in Italy, France, Germany and Spain. The analysis covers the relationship between the State and the rail companies, network access conditions by operators, slot allocating and pricing schemes and how public...

There seems to be a general move within Europe and North America towards a reduction in economic regulation and a further move towards public enterprise privatisation. This paper takes a European-wide analysis of the conditions of competition and contestability within the bus industry. The first...

En la decada de los noventa hemos asistido a un incremento espectacular de la liberalizacion de las politicas de transporte. Lamentablemente, la transicion del gobierno hacia su nuevo papel esta siendo mas complicada de lo previsto, requiriendo ajustes con el fin de garantizar que se obtengan...