Odd Military Lines - A Comparative Analysis of the Czech Railway Network's Efficiency.

KVIZDA, Martin. Odd Military Lines - A Comparative Analysis of the Czech Railway Network's Efficiency. In 7th Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic, and Mobility - Energy and Innovation. 1. vyd. Lucerne: T2M, 2009, s. 1-9.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Odd Military Lines - A Comparative Analysis of the Czech Railway Network's Efficiency.
• Název česky: Vojenské železnice - komparativní analýza efektivnosti české železniční sítě.
• Autoři: KVIZDA, Martin.
• Vydání: 1. vyd. Lucerne, 7th Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic, and Mobility - Energy and Innovation, od s. 1-9, 9 s. 2009.
• Nakladatel: T2M

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Stať ve sborníku
• Obor: 50200 5.2 Economics and Business
• Stát vydavatele: Švýcarsko
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Forma vydání: paměťový nosič (CD, DVD, flash disk)
• WWW: URL
• Organizační jednotka: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
• Klíčová slova česky: síťový efekt; ekonomická historie; path dependence; historie železnice
• Klíčová slova anglicky: network effect; economic history; path dependence; railways history
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

Liberalisation, unbundling and privatisation are basic principles of contemporary reforms of railway industry in the European Union. The hypothesis to be examined in this paper is an empirical evidence of path dependency of the Czech railway network, i.e. the fact, that some lines of the Czech network were established due to others than economic reasons and that is why these lines are odd and inefficient nowadays. The study is of relevance because the Czech Republic carries out reforms of railways nowadays, attempting to improve efficiency and competitiveness of railway transport. Economic efficiency of railway industry, in principle, does not depend on direct costs only (i.e. on operation costs), but on indirect costs of network as well. Previous studies have suggested that efficiency of railway operations is connected with the shape of a railway network by means of economies of scale, density of transport, and network effect. Many studies report that density of transport is the major factor to make profit from railway operations, while other factors (economies of scale, network effect) are closely connected or simply based on density of transport. That means the network, its technical standards and shape, is a limit factor of railway industry's efficiency and competitiveness.

Anotace česky

Liberalisation, unbundling and privatisation are basic principles of contemporary reforms of railway industry in the European Union. The hypothesis to be examined in this paper is an empirical evidence of path dependency of the Czech railway network, i.e. the fact, that some lines of the Czech network were established due to others than economic reasons and that is why these lines are odd and inefficient nowadays. The study is of relevance because the Czech Republic carries out reforms of railways nowadays, attempting to improve efficiency and competitiveness of railway transport. Economic efficiency of railway industry, in principle, does not depend on direct costs only (i.e. on operation costs), but on indirect costs of network as well. Previous studies have suggested that efficiency of railway operations is connected with the shape of a railway network by means of economies of scale, density of transport, and network effect. Many studies report that density of transport is the major factor to make profit from railway operations, while other factors (economies of scale, network effect) are closely connected or simply based on density of transport. That means the network, its technical standards and shape, is a limit factor of railway industry's efficiency and competitiveness.

Návaznosti

• GA402/08/1438, projekt VaV: Název: Konkurenceschopnost a konkurence v železniční dopravě - možnosti a limity hospodářské politiky

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Konkurenceschopnost a konkurence v železniční dopravě - možnosti a limity hospodářské politiky