Institutional rail reform: The case of Ukrainian Railways

Kateryna Grushevska, Theo Notteboom and Andrii Shkliar

Transport Policy, 2016, vol. 46, issue C, 7-19

Abstract: Rail reforms are aimed at increasing the share of rail in a country's or region's modal split through an efficiency improvement in railway operations, a stimulation of intra- and inter-modal competition and an increased financial accountability and sustainability of the railway company. The recent approaches to railway institutional change in the leading economies of the world was guided by deregulation and liberalization of railway transport. Rail reform in the European Union aimed at a more open market and a clear division of roles between infrastructure managers and railway operators is well documented. The reforms taking place elsewhere in Europe received less attention. This paper deals with the reform of the Ukrainian Railways taking into account the difficult economic, political, social and financial environment the country is in.

Keywords: Institutional changes; Institutional economics; Railway; Reform; Ukraine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.11.001

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