Economic impacts of Swedish railway deregulation: A longitudinal study

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Applications Within a Global Context: An Overview

“…As such, almost half of the articles involved air transportation, airport logistics or airport performance (Matsumoto 2007;Pathomsiri et al 2008). Other articles discussed issues related to rail (Chiara, Deflorio, and Spione 2008;Jensen and Stelling 2007), barge (Miljkovic et al 2000) and road transportation (Haughton 2008). The geographical focus rested on Europe, Taiwan and the U.S.…”

Railway Transport Liberalization: A Case Study of Various Countries in the World

“…Additionally country lines were given to different company which name is CPTA. It showed that main lines, country lines and infrastructure were separated for sustainability (Jensen & Stelling, 2007). Companies except government in Sweden have a chance to enter railway market.…”

“…These sections involve market institutions and legislation related market institutions and legislation related to the railway sector, restructuring of the incumbent, degree of the railway market liberalization and financial arrangements between the state and actors of the railway market. Jensen & Stelling (2007) present the results of Swedish railway deregulation and clarify the relationship between output and costs in railways goods and passenger transportation. Laurino, Ramella, & Beria (2015) analyzed the economic regulation of railway network in 20 countries and found that open marketing for railway cargo transportation is authorized while different degrees of freedom exist in setting agreements between operators for trackage and haulage rights but effective competition in the market has been very limited in railways passenger transportation.…”

“…Effective railway transportation has considerable impacts on economic growth and social development (Busu & Busu, 2015). Railway liberalization and deregulation have an expressive positive influence on cost efficiency and regulations are essential for prevent monopoly exploitation (Jensen & Stelling, 2007). This paper introduced an institutional approach to railway transport liberalization with a case study for five continents.…”

Framework for environmental performance measurement in a Swedish public sector organization

“…Like many other European railway policies, Swedish railway policy has undergone major changes during recent decades [40]. During the 1980s, the financial development of the National State Railway monopoly was not regarded as satisfactory, so a new transport policy decision was taken in 1988.…”