Competitive interaction between airports, airlines and high-speed rail
by International Transport Forum, Transport Research Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development., Secretary-General, Round Table on Transport Economics, Paris, France), European Conference of Ministers of Transport
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How should airports be regulated to contain market power? This round table first examines whether they need to be regulated at all. It concludes that because regulation is inevitably imperfect and costly, policy makers should establish conditions for competition to emerge betwee…
Competitive interaction between airports, airlines and high-speed rail
by International Transport Forum, Transport Research Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development., Secretary-General, Round Table on Transport Economics, Paris, France), European Conference of Ministers of Transport
fromRound table (Transport Research Centre)
How should airports be regulated to contain market power? This round table first examines whether they need to be regulated at all. It concludes that because regulation is inevitably imperfect and costly, policy makers should establish conditions for competition to emerge betwee…
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