• An Evaluation Of Competitive Tendering In The Ferry Sector In Norway 

      Hervik, Arild; Sunde, Øyvind
      Published 2001-01-01
      Fjord crossings by car ferries constitute a vital part of the Norwegian trunk road system. The current subsidy scheme is considered to provide insufficient incentives for cost efficiency however. As a consequence, tender ...
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    • The Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Bus Companies? 

      Odeck, James; Sunde, Øyvind
      Published 2001-01-01
      By applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), this study examines the efficiency of a subset of Norwegian bus companies in order to test the hypothesis that public companies are less efficient than private ones. DEA consists ...
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    • Tendering Ferry Services in Norway: Ratchet Effects? 

      Sunde, Øyvind
      Published 1999-01-01
      Fjord crossings by ferries are vital in the Norwegian trunk road system. The ferries are operated by ferry companies, each ferry company being a monopolist on a bundle of crossings. The government regulates prices and ...
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      Conference paper