The purpose of this report is to contribute to the present debate on organising and financing the Swiss railway system. In particular, it offers a more conceptual analysis of the relationship between the way the different parts of the Swiss railway system are financed on the one hand, and the overall performance of the sector on the other. The research question is as follows: how should the Swiss railway sector be financed in order to achieve the highest possible level of performance? On the whole, it was found that in important respects the relationship between the design of the financing mechanisms used to fund the Swiss railway sector and the performance of that sector creates incentives that are weaker than what would be optimal.
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