Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2016, 24(1):68-81 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.499

Approaches to Czech Passenger Railway Market Liberalisation

Zdeněk Tomeš, Monika Jandová
Masarykova univerzita, Ekonomicko-správní fakulta (tomes@econ.muni.cz); Masarykova univerzita, Ekonomicko-správní fakulta (jandova@econ.muni.cz).

Competition on the Czech railway passenger market has been developing recently. It is possible to distinguish two types of competition - unregulated competition (competition on the market) and regulated competition (competition for the market). Competition on the market is present on the Prague-Ostrava route and competition for the market has been applied in a few public tenders for subsidised services. However, the substantial part of the Czech railway passenger market has remained closed and there is a question how to proceed with the competition development - whether to promote competition on the market or competition for the market. Based on European and modelling experience, there is an argument for more competition for the market.

Keywords: Railways, competition, open access, competitive tendering, direct awarding, Czech Republic
JEL classification: L22, L43, L92, R41

Published: February 1, 2016  Show citation

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