Publication details
Definition of Relevant Market in the Railway Industry
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Horizons of Railway Transport |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://www.transporteconomics.eu |
| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | railway industry; competition policy; relevant market; transport policy |
| Description | The article applies the theory of defining relevant market to the railway industry. The first part identifies specific features of the market for rail transport services, the second part deals with issues of the rail industry concentration, the third part analyses the method of defining relevant market for railways respecting the specific features of the market and particularly in relation to application of the SSNIP test and finally the text summarizes the risks of the test’s failure to define the relevant market. A particular attention is focused on geographical and temporal dimensions in defining relevant market with respect to specific features of rail transport services. |
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