Local public transport in Russia: Regulation, ownership and competition

Ownership in Land Transport Optimal Pricing and Financing of Public Transport under Competition

During the last two decades a deregulation trend has flourished. In Western Europe this trend commenced within local and regional public transport. The privatisation of the English bus industry, even the long distance coach services, represents the "full market solution", where both supply, prices and the operation are in the hands of competing profit maximising firms. In the Nordic countries a...

Designing public transport to foster patronage and social inclusion 1 9 CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION AND OWNERSHIP IN LAND TRANSPORT DESIGNING PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO FOSTER PATRONAGE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

Ownership, voting, and job creation in Russia

Job creation has had important economic and political consequences for countries in transition. Evidence from a survey of 500 firms in Russia finds that new private firms are more likely to increase employment, while worker-owned and worker-managed firms are less likely to create jobs. In addition, firm managers who expand employment appear to be a constituency for market-oriented parties. Mana...

Numbers to the people: regulation, ownership and local number portability

Local number portability (LNP) is a key factor in the promotion of local call competition in telecommunications. By allowing a consumer to retain their number when moving between local telephone providers, LNP reduces customers’ switching costs and makes it easier for new providers to compete for customers. But regulators face a number of important choices when implementing LNP – what technolog...

Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Transport Regulation of Alternative Transport in Brazil an Assessment of Bus/minibus Integration in Recife

Brazil is a Federal South American Republic, in which there are 27 federated states divided into 5 regions and Brasília, the federal capital. In 30 years, the country has almost doubled its population. From 93 millions people in 1970 to 182 millions people in 2004. Nowadays, more than 80% of Brazilian population lives in the urban centers, from which 30% are concentrated on the Metropolitan Reg...