REGULATION AND DEREGULATION IN INLAND NAVIGATION

Inland navigation in Belgium and the Netherlands has been liberalized since November 30, 1998 in consequence of European Directive 96/75/EC. The purpose of this Directive is, amongst other things, to make the sector more competitive. This paper, which was written before the liberalization took effect, constitutes a first attempt to model the consequences of deregulation. The first part describes the structure of the inland navigation market and the European situation before deregulation. In the second part, a set of empirical results is presented that helps to clarify the impact of deregulation on inter- as well as intra-modal competition.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 321-334

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00783942
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0080435904
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Feb 7 2000 12:00AM