Réduire le poids des contraintes informationnelle, politique et sociale grâce à la concurrence par comparaison: Le cas des trains régionaux de la SNCF

Julien Lévêque ()
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Julien Lévêque: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper discusses the interest to introduce yardstick competition to improve regional rail regulation. After reminding informational benefits and theoretical limits of yardstick competition, the main practical applications of comparison mechanisms are presented. The applicability analysis of yardstick competition to French regional railways reveals a great opportunity for a practical application. Moreover, the econometric estimation of a cost frontier shows large efficiency differences between the regions, corresponding to more than 100 M€. Last, a practical application of comparison mechanism is proposed to give SNCF incentives to reduce those efficiency differences.

Keywords: Yardstick Competition; Efficiency; Railways; Concurrence par comparaison; efficience; transport ferroviaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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Published in Revue d'économie industrielle , 2005, 111, pp. 57-78

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