| 1, 2004 | Le gare per i servizi di trasporto locale in Europa e in Italia: molto rumore per nulla? |
| authors |
Andrea BOITANI Carlo CAMBINI |
| In recent years many EU-member countries introduced a competitive tendering procedure for the assignment of franchised monopolies in local transport services, including bus, underground and local trains. Competition for the market is widely considered as an appropriate instrument for creating some competitive pressure in a market in which an open competition in the market is not feasible or uneconomic. In the paper the organisation of local public transports in some European countries (including Italy) is analysed, focussing on the outcomes of competitive tendering procedures. The paper also attempts at pointing out the causes of the so far limited effectiveness of these procedures in Italy compared to other European countries. |
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