Investigating European railway managers’ perception of transaction costs at the train operation/infrastructure interface
Investigating European railway managers’ perception of transaction costs at the train operation/infrastructure interface
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调查欧洲铁路管理者对列车运营/基础设施界面交易成本的看法
DOI：
10.1016/j.tra.2013.07.014
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Chris Nash
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作者：
R. Merkert;Chris Nash
本文讨论了在欧洲最自由化的三个铁路系统中，即英国、德国和瑞典，制度组织对列车运营商和基础设施管理者之间交易和互动的影响。分析的核心是在2008年对81名高级铁路管理人员进行了一次重要的深入访谈，然后在4年后(2012/2013年)对这些管理人员进行了一次调查。我们的结果揭示了铁路经理如何看待他们在现实世界中的交易，而不是纯粹的交易成本理论。对于这两个快照而言，协调和合同方面，尤其是与时间表和实时运营相关的方面，被视为比传统的投资搁置或锁定交易成本经济学问题更关键。在所有这三个系统中，良好的关系被认为是使系统工作的最重要的贡献者。由一个小组的成员在内部解决其中的许多问题似乎确实大大简化了交易。但当竞争是可取的时，这样做是有代价的，因为这会带来更大的不确定性，并为集团以外的列车运营商制造更大的歧视恐惧。
This paper discusses the effects of institutional organisation on the transactions and interactions between train operators and infrastructure managers in the three most liberalised rail systems in Europe, namely Britain, Germany and Sweden. The heart of the analysis is a major in-depth interview programme with 81 senior rail managers in 2008 followed by a survey of the same managers 4 years later (2012/2013). Our results reveal how rail managers perceive their transactions in the real world as opposed to pure transaction cost theory. For both snapshots, co-ordination and contractual aspects particularly related to timetabling and real time operations are seen as more crucial than the traditional investment hold up or lock in transaction cost economics issues. In all three systems good relationships are indicated as the most important contributor to making the system work. It does appear that having many of these issues resolved internally by members of a single group simplifies the transactions considerably. But there is a cost to this when competition is desirable, as it creates greater uncertainty and fear of discrimination on behalf of those train operators outside the group.