Transport
The transport sector is evolving rapidly. Innovative solutions are required to integrate new short-distance transport technologies into our lives and stimulate competition between them. For long-distance transport, we must ensure that transport operators are granted non-discriminatory access to essential facilities that allows infrastructure operators to recover their costs.
We provide economic advice related to questions of regulation and competition in rail, road and aviation.
Price and access regulation. We provide advice during the design process of price and access regulation for rail networks and airports. We understand the close interplay between incentives for innovation and efficiency as well as outcomes for travelers.
Impact assessments and demand forecasting. We use established economic concepts and quantitative methods to estimate the impact and effects of future technologies and regulations on the transport sector. Our analyses help to communicate your point of view to industry experts and bystanders in an effective and convincing manner.
Proceedings of competition authorities. We help to formulate compelling lines of argumentation to support you in proceedings such as exclusionary and exploitative practices.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dr. Matthias Finger
Matthias Finger is a Counsel with Swiss Economics and Professor emeritus at EPFL Lausanne.
Dr. Urs Trinkner
Urs Trinkner is the Managing Director of Swiss Economics and Lecturer at the University of Zurich.
Publications
Universal services and state-owned enterprises in Liechtenstein
Baseline study on universal services and public service provision for the Liechtestein Think Tank "Zukunft.li"
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How do firm and market characteristics affect airports' Beta risk?
Competition and Regulation in Network Industries. 2020;21(3):297-312
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Factors influencing everyday mobility and travel
Research Project on behalf of SVI (Schweizerische Vereinigung der Verkehrsingenieure und Verkehrsexperten).
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Institutional design of the Swiss rail market
Book chapter on improving the instiutional setting of the rail market in Switzerland.
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Shared Economy and Traffic in Switzerland
Research project for the Swiss Association of Transportation Engineers and Experts (SVI)
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Auswirkungen der Initiative -Pro Service public
Study for Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB) and Schweizerischer Gemeindeverband (SGV)
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Integrated Timetables for Railway Passenger Transport Services
Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 15(1), pp. 78 - 107
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E-Loyalty determinants and e-loyalty instruments for accommodation and flight services
In: Studien zur Freizeit- und Tourismusforschung. Hrsg: S. Kübelböck and F. Thiele, MetaGIS-Fachbuch, pp. 155-170
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Langfristige Sicherung von integrierten Taktfahrplänen
Study for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
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Ein kohärenter Regulierungsrahmen für den Schienengüterverkehr in der Schweiz
In: Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Verkehrswirtschaft. C. Lässer, T. Bieger and R. Maggi (Hrsg.), 2011, 97-114
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Regulatory risk in the tendering of rail lines
Network Industries Quarterly 12(3), 17-19
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Bottleneck regulation in telecommunications, railways and post
Network Industries Quarterly 11(3), 3-6
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