Privatization and Deregulation of Transport

JULIAN ALLEN Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster ALFRED J. BAIRD Department of Business Studies, Napier University CHRIS BOLT Chief Economic Adviser and Director, Economic Regulation Group, Office of the Rail Regulator MICHAEL BROWNE Professor, Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster ANDREW BURCHELL Director, Strategy and Analysis, Department of Transport KENNETH BUTTON Distinguished Research Professor, George Mason University, USA CHRIS CASTLES Partner, Coopers & Lybrand STUART CONDIE BAA RICHARD DAVIES Senior Consultant, KPMG. Until the end of 1996, Financial Planning Manager, Privatisation, at British Railways Board Headquarters RUSS HAYWOOD School of Urban and Regional Studies, Sheffield Hallam University FUMITOSHI MIZUTANI Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan KIYOSHI NAKAMURA Professor of Industrial Economics, School of Commerce, Waseda University, Japan CHRIS NASH Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds PHILIP O DONNELL Head of Competition and Regulatory Relations, Railtrack MIKE PARR Associate, London Economics AMANDA ROOT Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford MICHAEL SCHABAS Founder Director (non-executive), GB Railways Group, Plc BOB STANNARD Chief Economist, Office of Passenger Rail Franchising DAVID STARKIE Director, Economics Plus Ltd STAFAN SZYMANSKI Imperial College Management School PETER WHITE Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster

The event took place following the election of the first Labour government for seventeen years and following an announcement of the consultation process leading up to the publication of a Transport White Paper. The debates in the book contain reflections on the legacy of the previous administration and the challenges facing the new government.The papers which make up the chapters of this book were given at a seminar in Oxford. The event took place following the election of the first Labour government for seventeen years and following an announcement of the consultation process leading up to the publication of a Transport White Paper. The debates in the book contain reflections on the legacy of the previous administration and the challenges facing the new government.