The EDSA bus market is fiercely competitive. In theory, allowing competition among many bus operators is expected to result in cost-effective and reliable transport services, and efficient use of roads. However, in reality, the outcomes are far different: daylong traffic jam and poor bus service...

The EDSA bus market is fiercely competitive. In theory, allowing competition among many bus operators is expected to result in cost-effective and reliable transport services, and efficient use of roads. However, in reality, the outcomes are far different: daylong traffic jam and poor bus service...

Um die Förderung erneuerbarer Energien nach dem EEG angesichts der zwischenzeitlich erreichten Anteile am Bruttostromverbrauch verstärkt marktorientiert auszugestalten und zugleich den Anforderungen der "Leitlinien für staatliche Umweltschutz- und Energiebeihilfen 2014-2020" der EU-Kommission...

This paper reviews evidence on the performance of urban public transport governance regimes in place in the Netherlands over the past 15 years. The national government decided to move from a system of ad hoc subsidy payments to one with more decentralised government control and tendering, though...

The European railway industry continues to undergo reform and liberalization due to European law incentives. Recent events in Italy give the country a special place in this process: a new competitor has commenced operations in the high-speed rail (HSR) market based on a private initiative. This...

Seit dem Jahr 2003 können Krankenkassen mit pharmazeutischen Unternehmen Rabatte über Arzneimittel vereinbaren. Insbesondere im Generikabereich hat sich der Abschluss entsprechender Rabattverträge seitdem zu einem wichtigen Instrument der Krankenkassen zur Kosteneinsparung entwickelt.Für die...

Das reformierte Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz 2014 testet für Photovoltaik Freiflächenanlagen Ausschreibungen zur Festlegung der Marktprämien. Durch eine Preisfindung über Auktionen erhofft man sich eine effektivere Kontrolle des Ausbaus und eine höhere Effizienz der Förderung. Allerdings...

We study competitive awarding procedures of short haul railway passenger services in Germany from 1995 to 2011 by means of a newly collected data set. In particular, we use regression techniques to investigate the determinants of the number of bidders, the identity of the winning bidder and the...

We study competitive awarding procedures of short haul railway passenger services in Germany from 1995 to 2011 by means of a newly collected data set. In particular, we use regression techniques to investigate the determinants of the number of bidders, the identity of the winning bidder and the...

We study competitive awarding procedures of short haul railway passenger services in Germany from 1995 to 2011 by means of a newly collected data set. In particular, we use regression techniques to investigate the determinants of the number of bidders, the identity of the winning bidder and the...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the poorest countries in the World. The construction sector will play an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of...

Der deutsche Busliniennahverkehr wird heute in den meisten Bundesländern durch ein monopolisiertes Verkehrsangebot kommunaler Gesellschaften dominiert. Mit der bevorstehenden Überarbeitung des Personenbeförderungsgesetzes rückt die Frage nach einer geeigneten wettbewerblichen Entwicklung des...

Purpose –This study aims to analyse the role of circuits of power in institutionalising competitive tendering in public sector organisations and effects on accountability among public decision makers. Design/methodology/approach -The study used intensive field research data based on...

The main objective of this paper is to investigate how different factors affect costs for Swedish Public Transport Authorities (PTA). A theoretical framework is presented for the empirics, a cross sectional regression analysis with cost and supply data from 20 Swedish counties for the year 2012....

This paper describes recent developments in the governance of public transport in the Netherlands, focusing on bus, tram, metro and regional train concessions. Most of these concessions are competitively tendered. Competitive tendering was introduced in 2001 and Dutch authorities have since...

Dutch public transport provision has been competitively tendered out increasingly since 2001. Except for the Amsterdam city bus services, all bus transport in the country is carried out under a competitively tendered contact. Several evaluations have been carried out on the effects of...

Award procedures, contract designs and the scope of contracts vary widely in public transport (PT). Notwithstanding obvious improvements of the technical quality, many authorities are not fully satisfied with the outcome of their tendered contracts. Dissatisfaction with patronage development and...

Since 2011, very significant developments have occurred in the procurement and contracting of bus services in major Australian cities. After many years of ‘grandfathering’ (continuing rollover of negotiated contracts with long-established private operators), competitive tendering has been...

The separation of purchaser and provider requires identification of the respective roles and responsibilities of the two parties. In the spirit of previous Thredbo conferences, we saw it as clear government should be responsible for strategy and operators for operations. That left, as always,...