Stef Proost

Full Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Leuven
English
Biography

Stef Proost is full emeritus professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Leuven (B)
teaching Transport and Environment courses. At present he is a research fellow at TOI (Oslo), at VTI
(Stockholm) and is a CES-IFO fellow (Munich). He is one of the founders of the spin-off Transport
Mobility Leuven (TML).

He is interested in public policy questions: optimal pricing and investment in transport, choice of
policy instruments for environmental policy, energy pricing questions. He works on decarbonisation of
the transport sector (cars, trucks, aircrafts and ferries) a s well as on road pricing and public transport
pricing.

 

Recent Publications

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Opening up PSO rail services in France to competition: opportunities and challenges for SNCF Voyageurs
Opening up PSO rail services in France to competition: opportunities and challenges for SNCF Voyageurs

This opinion piece explains the ongoing liberalization of France’s regional rail services, where approximately 60% of train-kilometers are now subject…

Opening up PSO services in France to competition: a true devolution of regional rail services
Opening up PSO services in France to competition: a true devolution of regional rail services

This opinion piece explains how France’s “New Rail Pact” promotes decentralized implementation of competitive tendering for regional rail services, giving…

Opening up PSO services in France to competition: work in progress
Opening up PSO services in France to competition: work in progress

This opinion piece explains the gradual opening of France’s passenger rail market to competition, emphasizing the role of the independent…

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