Publications-Archive
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Factors Affecting Tender Prices in Local Bus Transport – Evidence from Germany
Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants.
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Market oriented tendering strategy for bus transport services
The article explains our development of a long term awarding strategy to secure a high level of competition and efficient services.
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Competition for Public Transport Services – Institutional Framework and Empirical Evidence
This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services.
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The distinction between commercial and non-commercial bus services in Germany
German public transport services by bus are characterised by a regulatory framework that distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial services.
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German Verkehrsverbund organisations in between operators and authorities
Public transport agencies (Verkehrsverbünde) are a central part of the market organisation of local public transport services in Germany. But where does the road currently go to?
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Barriers to Entry in Rail Passenger Services
Empirical Evidence for Tendering Procedures in Germany
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Tender Prices in Bus Transport in Germany – Alternative Regression Techniques
Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants.
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The ‘customer balance’ – an initiative to promote transparency in the water industry
| Friederike Lauruschkus
Prices for drinking water are subject to increasing scrutiny from the media, public, competition regulators and politicians.
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Experiences with Competitive Tendering of Bus Services in Germany
| Friederike Lauruschkus
After a long transition period with only a few isolated procedures for competitive tendering, the market for German public transport bus services has seen numerous such tenders in recent years. The results are complex.
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Commercial Public Bus Transport Services In Germany: How A Market In Motion Struggles …
| Friederike Lauruschkus
The paper has been awarded with the Michael Beesley Award - Honorable Mention for best WS Paper at the Thredbo 11 - International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport.
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Workshop report – Beyond competitive tendering
| Friederike Lauruschkus
Based on positive experiences in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries, introducing competitive tendering of exclusive contracts was discussed as the preferred way to organise local public transport markets.
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Building High Speed Lines in Democratic Nations
| Frank Zschoche
Confronting the Challenges Presented by a Democratic Society
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Competitive tendering of public bus transport services in Germany: Development of prices
| Frank Zschoche
Based on an analysis of 157 tendering procedures influencing factors for tender prices in Germany will be described. These factors vary between different regions.
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Beyond Competitive Tendering (as Co-Editor)
| Frank Zschoche
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport
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Competition for licences to operate commercial services
| Frank Zschoche
Competition for licences to operate commercial services exclusively has become more common in Germany in recent years as a study shows.
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Seeking Cost Efficiency Through Benchmarking
| Frank Zschoche
In order to learn from international best practice, Amtrak has started to benchmark its infrastructure performance and expenditure against a group of European operators.
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Distinction between commercial and non-commercial bus services in Germany: Given by nature?
| Frank Zschoche
German public transport services by bus are characterized by a regulatory framework that distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial services. This paper shows opportunities for action for market participants.
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To tender or not to tender – The unanswered German question
| Frank Zschoche
The regulatory environment for all sectors of public transport in Germany was changed during market reform in the mid-nineties. The political objectives were to introduce competition and thus enhance quality and efficiency.
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Competitive tendering of regional rail passenger services in Germany
| Frank Zschoche
Entry barriers and incentives within awarding procedures
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Development of tender prices for local public transport bus services
| Frank Zschoche
Analysis of tender prices and influencing factors based on data provided by the major German public transport agencies RMV, MVV and HVV
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Competition for commercial services in Germany
| Frank Zschoche
An often underestimated risk for public authorities, licensing authorities and businesses.
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Contracting in urban public transport
| Frank Zschoche
Based on an analysis of 34 different cases from varying EU member states, this report provides general guidance as to the development and awarding of contracts to operators of public transport
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Germany’s contrasting approaches to competitive tendering
| Frank Zschoche
Regional passenger rail services across Germany have increasingly been put out to competitive tender. The approach varies from region to region, as case studies in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein illustrate.
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Competition for commercial services: Problems within the awarding procedure
| Frank Zschoche
The article discusses the main pitfalls of the specific German awarding procedure "competition for commercial services".
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Which factors determine the success of fare systems in public transport?
| Stefan Weigele
Results of a nationwide study of fare systems in Germany
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Which factors determine the success of public transport fare systems?
| Stefan Weigele
Results of a Germany-wide study
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What are the effects of competitive tenderings on bus services?
| Stefan Weigele
Evaluation of the results of competitive tenderng in Germany during the past ten years
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The foundations of price planning considering socio-economic and socio-demographic factors
| Stefan Weigele
On average, less than 50% of German public transport costs are covered by fares alone. In other words, today’s customers bear less than 50% of the costs of public transport, while the remaining 50% is covered by the general public/the taxpayer. (...)
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FareBench: an international comparison of public transport pricing systems
| Stefan Weigele
The results of the fare comparison provide an overview of the very different public transport pricing system structures in place around the world, allowing some key conclusions to be drawn:
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The Winner’s Curse
| Stefan Weigele
Winning a tender in the sector of public transport is risky with respect to the feasibility of suffering unplanned losses.
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Yield Management: Revenue benchmarking for public transport companies
| Stefan Weigele
Report on a Revenue Benchmarking project
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Revenues under pressure
| Friederike Lauruschkus
Comparing the sustainability of tariff models for waste management companies in the context of demographic change and declining waste volumes.