The Effects of Internal Failures and External Regulations on State Funding of the Public-Use Rail Infrastructure

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2014
Justīna Hudenko, Remigijs Počs

This study is aimed at the examination of rail infrastructure state funding, its pre-conditions, the assessment of its needs and factors that can impact its amount and forms. Mainly, the Latvian railway case was examined; however, it was found that in the all Baltic States the state funding for rail infrastructure should cover subsequences of internal failures and external regulations of the rail market and its amount depends on state facility to adopt political programs to internal market terms.

Keywords
rail infrastructure, market imperfection, state funding, transport policy
DOI
10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.176
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814059965?via%3Dihub

Hudenko, J., Počs, R. The Effects of Internal Failures and External Regulations on State Funding of the Public-Use Rail Infrastructure. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014, Vol.156, pp.216-218. ISSN 1877-0428. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.176

Publication language
English (en)