Formation of Distribution Efficiency Measure by Promoting the Competition of the Rail Freight Transportation Market

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380348
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Seinan Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Fukuda Seiji 西南学院大学, 商学部, 教授 (70508887)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Yuugo 名城大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20295158) ; MIZUTANI Jun 神戸大学, 海事科学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60388387)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 新規参入 / 第2種鉄道事業 / 鉄道車両リース事業 / 上下分離 / オープンアクセス / サンクコスト / 線路使用権 / モーダルシフト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the rail freight transportation in Japan, in order to promote modal shift, infrastructure development has been developed. And some company has been considering whether to new entry for the transportation between the areas that JR freight monopolizes. Now, introduction of the competition on the track between rail operators should consider.
However, in the Europe that on-rail competition is introduced into widely, distribution of the track use right between companies is fair. And the conditions such as the railroad carriage lease business that can avoid the sunk cost and risk with the new entry exist. In Japan, we have to make new system design that can assure equitableness of the track use right distribution, avoid the sunk cost and risk with the new entry.

Free Research Field

社会科学