CO-OPERATION AND MARKET SEGMENTATION - NON-POLITICAL BARRIERS REPLACING POLITICAL BARRIERS POST DEREGULATION
The purpose of the paper is to scrutinise the nature of competition that emerges after deregulation, both in terms of concentration and in terms of intensity in the interaction among competitors. The process of deregulation in the taxicab industry was chosen for a more detailed study. The reason for this selection is that the degree of concentration after deregulation varies between different regions due to differences in entry barriers and demography. The paper begins with an outline of the theoretical framework for the study. Competition in the taxicab industry after deregulation will then be described and categorised, in order to make possible the analysis of interaction between competitors in different geographical areas with different competitive situations. The paper ends with a discussion of why different interaction patterns have emerged and how these patterns can be related to the effects of deregulation discussed in the introduction of the paper. For the covering abstract and the URL of the conference see ITRD E205769. (A)
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Corporate Authors:
VINNOVA
STOCKHOLM, Sweden SE-101 58 -
Authors:
- BENGTSSON, M
- GAELLSTEDT, M
- Marell, A
- Publication Date: 2000
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 26 p.
- Serial:
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Competition; Conferences; Deregulation; Impact studies; Organizations; Prices; Regions; Taxicabs; Variables
- Geographic Terms: Sweden
- ITRD Terms: 235: Competition; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 144: Deregulation; 9112: Impact study; 9057: Organization (association); 378: Region; 8109: Sweden; 1148: Taxi; 9086: Variability
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00822408
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jan 7 2002 12:00AM