The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries
The authors make the case for the return of regulation in the organization of urban bus services in developing countries. During the past three decades urban public transport policy has gone through several phases. The 1980s and 1990s were characte...
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okr-10986-147872021-04-23T14:03:20Z The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries Estache, Antonio Gómez-Lobo, Andrés BUSES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MONOPOLIES WELFARE REGULATION TRANSPORT ACCELERATION ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE AGE OF BUSES BUS COMPANIES BUS FARES BUS INDUSTRY BUS LANES BUS MARKET BUS OWNERS BUS ROUTE BUS ROUTES BUS SECTOR BUS SERVICES BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS SYSTEM BUS TRANSPORT BUS TYPES BUSES CARS COMMON PROPERTY CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION EXTERNALITIES CURBS DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL FUEL DRIVERS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EQUILIBRIUM EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPLOITATION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATION FATALITIES FIXED COSTS FUEL PRICES GENERATORS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HEADWAY INCOME LARGE CITIES LARGE FLEET LARGE NUMBER OF OPERATORS MAIN ROADS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET POWER METRO SYSTEM MODAL INTEGRATION MODAL SPLIT MODE OF TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLIES OIL OPERATING COSTS PASSENGER PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS POLICY MAKERS PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM RATE OF RETURN REGULATION REVENUE SHARING ROUTE DESIGN SAFETY SAFETY CONCERNS SAFETY PROBLEMS SOCIAL COSTS STATE INTERVENTION STREETS STRUCTURES TAXI TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC MONITORING TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS URBAN BUS URBAN BUS TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT POLICIES URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR VALUE OF TIME VEHICLES WAITING TIME WELFARE FUNCTION WORKING CAPITAL The authors make the case for the return of regulation in the organization of urban bus services in developing countries. During the past three decades urban public transport policy has gone through several phases. The 1980s and 1990s were characterized by liberalization of the sector from public ownership and monopoly provision. The experience of several countries, in particular Chile, indicates that a full liberalization of the sector may not be the welfare-maximizing option. The authors discuss the market failures that justify this claim and present the regulatory options available in this emerging new role of government. Throughout the paper they illustrate ideas with examples from Chile, Colombia, and a few other countries. 2013-08-05T13:19:47Z 2013-08-05T13:19:47Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3209477/limits-competition-urban-bus-services-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14787 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3207 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |
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BUSES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MONOPOLIES WELFARE REGULATION TRANSPORT ACCELERATION ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE AGE OF BUSES BUS COMPANIES BUS FARES BUS INDUSTRY BUS LANES BUS MARKET BUS OWNERS BUS ROUTE BUS ROUTES BUS SECTOR BUS SERVICES BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS SYSTEM BUS TRANSPORT BUS TYPES BUSES CARS COMMON PROPERTY CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION EXTERNALITIES CURBS DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL FUEL DRIVERS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EQUILIBRIUM EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPLOITATION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATION FATALITIES FIXED COSTS FUEL PRICES GENERATORS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HEADWAY INCOME LARGE CITIES LARGE FLEET LARGE NUMBER OF OPERATORS MAIN ROADS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET POWER METRO SYSTEM MODAL INTEGRATION MODAL SPLIT MODE OF TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLIES OIL OPERATING COSTS PASSENGER PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS POLICY MAKERS PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM RATE OF RETURN REGULATION REVENUE SHARING ROUTE DESIGN SAFETY SAFETY CONCERNS SAFETY PROBLEMS SOCIAL COSTS STATE INTERVENTION STREETS STRUCTURES TAXI TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC MONITORING TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS URBAN BUS URBAN BUS TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT POLICIES URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR VALUE OF TIME VEHICLES WAITING TIME WELFARE FUNCTION WORKING CAPITAL |
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BUSES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP MONOPOLIES WELFARE REGULATION TRANSPORT ACCELERATION ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE AGE OF BUSES BUS COMPANIES BUS FARES BUS INDUSTRY BUS LANES BUS MARKET BUS OWNERS BUS ROUTE BUS ROUTES BUS SECTOR BUS SERVICES BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS SYSTEM BUS TRANSPORT BUS TYPES BUSES CARS COMMON PROPERTY CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION EXTERNALITIES CURBS DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL FUEL DRIVERS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT EMISSION STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EQUILIBRIUM EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXPLOITATION FARE LEVELS FARE REGULATION FATALITIES FIXED COSTS FUEL PRICES GENERATORS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HEADWAY INCOME LARGE CITIES LARGE FLEET LARGE NUMBER OF OPERATORS MAIN ROADS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET POWER METRO SYSTEM MODAL INTEGRATION MODAL SPLIT MODE OF TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLIES OIL OPERATING COSTS PASSENGER PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS POLICY MAKERS PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM RATE OF RETURN REGULATION REVENUE SHARING ROUTE DESIGN SAFETY SAFETY CONCERNS SAFETY PROBLEMS SOCIAL COSTS STATE INTERVENTION STREETS STRUCTURES TAXI TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC MONITORING TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS URBAN BUS URBAN BUS TRANSPORT URBAN PLANNING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT POLICIES URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR VALUE OF TIME VEHICLES WAITING TIME WELFARE FUNCTION WORKING CAPITAL Estache, Antonio Gómez-Lobo, Andrés The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
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Latin America & Caribbean |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.3207 |
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The authors make the case for the return
of regulation in the organization of urban bus services in
developing countries. During the past three decades urban
public transport policy has gone through several phases. The
1980s and 1990s were characterized by liberalization of the
sector from public ownership and monopoly provision. The
experience of several countries, in particular Chile,
indicates that a full liberalization of the sector may not
be the welfare-maximizing option. The authors discuss the
market failures that justify this claim and present the
regulatory options available in this emerging new role of
government. Throughout the paper they illustrate ideas with
examples from Chile, Colombia, and a few other countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Estache, Antonio Gómez-Lobo, Andrés |
| author_facet |
Estache, Antonio Gómez-Lobo, Andrés |
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Estache, Antonio |
| title |
The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
| title_short |
The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
| title_full |
The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
| title_fullStr |
The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed |
The Limits to Competition in Urban Bus Services in Developing Countries |
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limits to competition in urban bus services in developing countries |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3209477/limits-competition-urban-bus-services-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14787 |
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