Competition and ownership in land passenger transport
The fifth international conference
John Preston (University of Leeds)
Chris Nash (University of Leeds)
Ken Gwilliam (World Bank)
Jeremy Toner (University of Leeds)
Michael Beesley (London Business School)
Gerard Whelan (Institute for Transport Studies)
Wendell Cox (Wendell Cox Consultancy)
Didier van de Velde ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Kjell Jansson (Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis (SIKA)
David Hensher (University of Sydney)
Stephen Potter (Open University)
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Abstract
The aim of this introductory paper is provide the background to the Fifth International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, which was held in Leeds, UK, in May 1997 and was attended by around 120 delegates from 20 countries. This is done by reviewing past conferences in the series and summarizing the structure of the Leeds conference and the key emerging themes. Further details are given by the five workshop reports that accompany this introduction.