The State and Railways - A Historical Comparison of Economic Policy in Relation to Railways

KVIZDA, Martin. The State and Railways - A Historical Comparison of Economic Policy in Relation to Railways. In Issues in Economic Performance - Business, Regional and Transport Issues. 1st ed. Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2009, p. 115-137, 26 pp. New Developments in Economic Research, volume 1. ISBN 978-3-8258-1963-7.

Basic information

Original name

The State and Railways - A Historical Comparison of Economic Policy in Relation to Railways

Name in Czech

Stát a železnice - historická komparace hospodářské politiky ve vztahu k železnicím.

Authors

KVIZDA, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

1. vyd. Berlin, Issues in Economic Performance - Business, Regional and Transport Issues, p. 115-137, 26 pp. New Developments in Economic Research, volume 1, 2009

Publisher

LIT Verlag

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/09:00029079

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-3-8258-1963-7

Keywords (in Czech)

dopravní politika; ekonomie dopravy; železniční doprava

Keywords in English

economic policy; transport policy; railways economics; transport economics

Tags

economic policy, railways economics, transport economics, transport policy

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The aim of this chapter is to show and compare problems of railway trans-port in the past and at the present. Using the historical method, I will demon-strate the nature of the historical illusion and the danger associated with it in the strategic formulation of contemporary railway reform. In the first section I will explain why I chose the historical method and I will describe its application to railway transport. In the second section, I will identify individual problems with railway transport and explain the difficulties connected with this identification. In the third section, I will present the process of solving the individual problems which are based on a historical principle: I will demonstrate, with typical his-torical examples, how the current problems of the railways are really old ones and how successfully or unsuccessfully they were solved as early as 150 years ago, with practically the same instruments which are on offer today. In the last section I will formulate and express a few conclusions and recommendations for the concept of transport policy in relation to railways.

In Czech

Kapitola analyzuje vývoj hospodářské politiky ve vztahu k železnicím na vzorku zemí celého světa v 19. a v počátku 20. století. Komparativní analýza ukazuje problémová místa jednotlivých archetypálních přístupů státu k železniční dopravě; závěr je relevantní k současné diskusi o podobě moderní dopravní politiky státu.

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Links

GA402/08/1438, research and development project

Name: Konkurenceschopnost a konkurence v železniční dopravě - možnosti a limity hospodářské politiky Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Competitive a advantage and competition within railway trnasport - chances and limits of economic policy