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Competition Law and Economics in an Age of Partnership and Nationalisation with Andy Meaney

The transport sector has long operated in an environment in which it was assumed that competition was the guarantor of service quality and low prices.

Those assumptions are changing, with local authorities taking control of bus services and the rail network being nationalised.

Does the competition law framework still work for this new environment? I get together with economist and Head of Transport at Oxera Andy Meaney to discuss this question.

The transport sector has long operated in an environment in which it was assumed that competition was the guarantor of service quality and low prices.

Those assumptions are changing, with local authorities taking control of bus services and the rail network being nationalised.

Does the competition law framework still work for this new environment? I get together with economist and Head of Transport at Oxera Andy Meaney to discuss this question.

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