Economic history and economic theory seem to agree that concessions are the most appropriate strategy for regulating rail transport. At least, it was considered thus at the time of the industry’s origin in some countries, including Spain. The concessional system, however, is only the first step to resolving a complex economic problem. This text analyses the development of rail concessions in Spain, and studies factors that explain the regulator’s decisions and concessionaries’ reactions. A theoretical framework is established in the paper which concludes, taking into account the factual events, that the practice of railway regulation suffered from serious lacks and failings, and that these at least in part explain the ultimate failure of th...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaEl trabajo introduce un nuevo elemento explicativo del «probl...
This thesis analyses the impact of infrastructure on Spanish economic growth during the period 1845-...
The object of this thesis is to examine the contribution of Spanish railways to accelerated economic...
In Spain, the liberal State of the 19th century imposed the principle of the interposed concessionai...
En España, el Estado liberal del siglo xix impone el principio del concesionario interpuesto en la c...
Las sucesivas peticiones de construcción de líneas de ferrocarril en España, que ya desde 1829 se el...
La política de transportes en España está primando el ferrocarril de Alta Velocidad. Se analiza la m...
The railways system’s nationalization surprised Peronist State, who suddenly was forced to deal with...
Includes bibliographyThe Latin American railways faced serious competition from another means of lan...
About the experience of concession of the metropolitan railways of Buenos Aires. The development of ...
Despite the deficiency in waterways and the inadequacy of the road system, railway transports take o...
The law Mitre 1907 established a new railway policy, which basically consisted of railways operated ...
En este artículo se intenta ofrecer una solución a la llamada «paradoja del ferrocarril español», es...
En 1848 va entrar en circulació la primera línia de ferrocarril a Espanya. Des d ́aque...
At the beginning of the XXth Century, the Argentine Government left the main sections of the railway...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaEl trabajo introduce un nuevo elemento explicativo del «probl...
This thesis analyses the impact of infrastructure on Spanish economic growth during the period 1845-...
The object of this thesis is to examine the contribution of Spanish railways to accelerated economic...
In Spain, the liberal State of the 19th century imposed the principle of the interposed concessionai...
En España, el Estado liberal del siglo xix impone el principio del concesionario interpuesto en la c...
Las sucesivas peticiones de construcción de líneas de ferrocarril en España, que ya desde 1829 se el...
La política de transportes en España está primando el ferrocarril de Alta Velocidad. Se analiza la m...
The railways system’s nationalization surprised Peronist State, who suddenly was forced to deal with...
Includes bibliographyThe Latin American railways faced serious competition from another means of lan...
About the experience of concession of the metropolitan railways of Buenos Aires. The development of ...
Despite the deficiency in waterways and the inadequacy of the road system, railway transports take o...
The law Mitre 1907 established a new railway policy, which basically consisted of railways operated ...
En este artículo se intenta ofrecer una solución a la llamada «paradoja del ferrocarril español», es...
En 1848 va entrar en circulació la primera línia de ferrocarril a Espanya. Des d ́aque...
At the beginning of the XXth Century, the Argentine Government left the main sections of the railway...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaEl trabajo introduce un nuevo elemento explicativo del «probl...
This thesis analyses the impact of infrastructure on Spanish economic growth during the period 1845-...
The object of this thesis is to examine the contribution of Spanish railways to accelerated economic...