European passenger rail reforms: A comparative assessment of the emerging models

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive framework for analysing and comparing the various institutional models and regulatory arrangements that have recently emerged from the restructuring of European passenger rail industries. The framework identi® es seven key dimensions that can be used to describe these models and arrangements. It shows how these dimensions are connected with one another in a complex web of interactions. Empirical material gathered on the passenger rail industries of ® ve EU Member States, i.e. Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, and Sweden is used, as well as extrapolation to highlight the costs and bene® ts (incentive properties) associated with alternative arrangements and contract features and to show how certain dimensions can be traded-oOEagainst one another to optimize the industry's performance.

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