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Two Roads Diverged: Two Alternate Strategies for Protecting Captive Freight Shippers in the “Americas” Model of Freight Rail Restructuring

Pittman, Russell - 2024

How to protect “captive shippers” from monopolistic abuses by a railway? In an “open access” system, it’s straightforward: provide infrastructure access to a competing train operating company. In a system without open access – as in, for example, the United States, Canada, Mexico,...

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Integrating ESG Principles into Smart Logistics: Toward Sustainable Supply Chains

Leogrande, Angelo - 2024

The integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into smart logistics represents a … labor practices, and transparency. With the increasing awareness of climate change, social inequalities, and governance … supplier compliance with social standards, reducing risks associated with unethical practices. Governance, the third pillar of …

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From Discounts to Delivery: Decoding Customer Care Interactions in Warehousing

Leogrande, Angelo - 2024

The present research has delved deeper into the complex relationship of customer care calls with purchasing behavior in a WM system and has developed actionable insights to optimize operations. In this regard, the following critical factors have been considered: product attributes-cost, weight,...

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A better deal for consumers and an attractive environment for investors: How the UK’s economic regulators are developing the use of regulatory and competition powers

Price, Richard; Ross, Cathryn - 2014

There are great expectations in the UK for infrastructure and its role in delivering for customers and society, promoting efficiency and economic growth. These expectations are matched by an ambitious forward programme of investments in renewal and expansion of network capacity and quality...

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Coopération trans-modale et utilisation des pouvoirs de régulation et de concurrence au Royaume-Uni

Price, Richard - 2014

This conference provides an opportunity to examine how regulators collaborate with each other in the UK and compare this with the experiences of our European neighbours. This paper discusses: • the relationship between competition and regulation, as well as the way regulators use their powers;...

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Measuring Long-Run Gasoline Price Elasticities in Urban Travel Demand

Donna, Javier D. - 2021

I develop a structural model of urban travel to estimate long run gasoline price elasticities. I model the demand for transportation services using a dynamic discrete-choice model with switching costs and estimate it using a panel dataset with public market-level data on automobile and public...

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The role of regulation in financing transport infrastructures in Italy

Beria, Paolo; Ponti, Marco - 2008

The paper discusses the present regulatory framework in Italy concerning transport infrastructures financing and provides some policy indications. The Italian situation is characterised by non homogeneity among the transport modes and insufficient, or even perverse, incentives to efficiency....

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Distortions in infrastructure development in urban transport in India: How to remedy it?

Manchala, Ravibabu; Vagvala, Phani Sree - 2012

National Urban Transport Policy, the guiding document for urban transport in India, emphasis movement of people and goods and not vehicles. The paper establishes that investment on walking and cycling facilities, and surface rail projects give maximum benefit compared to high cost motorised...

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Voting on traffic congestion policy with two levels of government

Russo, Antonio - 2010

I study how the political decision process affects urban traffic congestion policy. First, I look at the case of a single government deciding, through majority voting, on a monetary charge to be paid to drive to a city's Central Business District (CBD): if the majority of individuals prefers to...

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Challenging path dependence? Ideational mapping of nationalism and the EU’s transformative power: The case of infrastructural politics in SEE

Klimov, Blagoy - 2010

The research employs historical institutionalism, amplified by ideas to explain path dependent political behaviour. The theoretical framework is applied to explain political behaviour in the Balkans, where Greece and Bulgaria, despite many similarities have developed highly antagonistic...

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