This paper discusses some transport economic dimensions of Lucians "Dialogues of the Dead". Using the service "soul transportation to Hades" as an example, we discuss the transport economic notions revealed in these dialogues, and we draw the parallels to modern economic and political debates....

This paper discusses some transport economic dimensions of Lucians "Dialogues of the Dead". Using the service "soul transportation to Hades" as an example, we discuss the transport economic notions revealed in these dialogues, and we draw the parallels to modern economic and political debates....

This paper analyzes the role of commercial revenues in today’s airport regulatory system. We find that the current regulatory regime only partially achieves core aims such as welfare maximization. After highlighting instances in which airport price regulation is not economically justified, we...

Conventional economic models in airport regulation assume, that airports have considerable market power and may exploit it against airlines. Given, that many airports are served by only a limited number of airlines, mono- or oligopsony relationships may exist. This paper relaxes therefore this...

Die Bundesregierung will die Lkw-Maut zum 1. Januar 2009 deutlich erhöhen. Die erwartete Zusatzeinnahme soll für Straßenbau und das Schienennetz verwendet werden. Gegen die geplante Anhebung der Lkw-Maut formiert sich ein breiter Widerstand in den Bundesländern. Wolfgang Hahn, Leiter der...

Die Bundesregierung will die Lkw-Maut zum 1. Januar 2009 deutlich erhöhen. Die erwartete Zusatzeinnahme soll für Straßenbau und das Schienennetz verwendet werden. Gegen die geplante Anhebung der Lkw-Maut formiert sich ein breiter Widerstand in den Bundesländern. Wolfgang Hahn, Leiter der...