THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION IN SWEDISH LOCAL BUS SERVICES

Authors
ALEXANDERSSON G HULTEN S FOLSTER S
Citation
G. Alexandersson et al., THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION IN SWEDISH LOCAL BUS SERVICES, Journal of transport economics and policy, 32, 1998, pp. 203
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Transportation,Economics
Journal title
Journal of transport economics and policy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225258
Volume
32
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5258(1998)32:<203:TEOCIS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The Swedish local and regional bus services were deregulated in 1989. Since then, 70% of the traffic has been subject to competitive tenderi ng. This paper shows that tendering has had a significant direct effec t on costs, but no indirect effects on costs in regions without compet itive tendering could be detected. Although demand has fallen in recen t years, this analysis indicates that such a trend is not related to i ncreased competition.