On the development of structural reform for Russian rail transport

S. A. Bykadorov (), E. B. Kibalov () and A. A. Kin ()
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S. A. Bykadorov: Siberian Transport University
E. B. Kibalov: Russian Academy of Sciences
A. A. Kin: Russian Academy of Sciences

Regional Research of Russia, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 45-52

Abstract: Abstract After years of reforms, Russian Railways, which is managed by the public railway, faces a situation known as an institutional trap. The assumption that the transformation of other mechanisms of the Russian economy will be performed synchronously with this key infrastructure sector proved wrong. A territorial and organizational model of railway management was replaced by an overcentralized management model according to types of activity. The Russian Railways now is a holding company, which manages railway operations through a top-down command structure from the corporate center to a primary functional railway unit. The paper analyzes the management efficiency of rail transport using a new model and considers ways out of the institutional trap. Approaches to developing structural reform of the Russian Railways are proposed.

Keywords: Russian rail transport; reform; institutional trap; management; hysteresis effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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