Economic Situation in the Railway Industry
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 24
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Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 24
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 16
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Published: 1927
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Commission on Railroad Retirement
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeffrey T. Macher
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-25
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0429632150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented the effects of the Act on a variety of important economic metrics including prices, costs, and productivity. Over the preceding years, and with the return of the industry to more stable footing, attention to the industry by economists faded. The lack of attention, however, has not been due to a dearth of ongoing economic and policy issues that continue to confront the industry. In this volume, we begin to rectify this inattention. Rather than retread older analyses or provide yet another look at the consequences of Staggers, we assemble a collection of ten chapters in four sections that collectively provide fresh and up-to-date analyses of the economic issues and policy challenges the industry faces: the first section sets the context through foundational discussion of freight rail; the second section highlights the role of freight rail in an increasingly interrelated economy; the third section examines industry structure and scope in freight rail; and the fourth section assesses current regulatory challenges that confront freight rail. This book will be of great value to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students interested in the fields of freight rail economics and policy, transportation, business history, and regulatory economics.
Author: Pedro Cantos-Sanchez
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2022-03-15
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780128169285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEconomic Analysis and Policy Evaluation in the Railway Industry: An International Perspective provides a systematic description of key topics of modern rail systems. Contributors evaluate the economic effects of forces shaping railway and transportation industries worldwide. The book covers a description of the recent evolution of the sector emphasizing those countries or areas where railways have achieved different degrees of development. Economic concepts, techniques and applied empirical models are considered to illustrate the different aspects of the rail markets. The assessment of regulatory, competition and infrastructure issues related to rail markets are also described with detail. Assesses the economics of restructuring, competition policy, pricing and investments in rail markets Provides insights to understadn the behaviour of rail markets Illustrates the opportunities and risks of various regulatory policies
Author: Scott Dennis
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2007-07-09
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0080548938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch in Transportation Economics is now available online at ScienceDirect — full-text online of volumes 6 onwards. Elsevier book series on ScienceDirect gives multiple users throughout an institution simultaneous online access to an important compliment to primary research. Digital delivery ensures users reliable, 24-hour access to the latest peer-reviewed content. The Elsevier book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe using Elsevier’s extensive researcher network. For more information about the Elsevier Book Series on ScienceDirect Program, please visit:http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/bookseries/
Author: José A. Gómez-Ibáñez
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1847202942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNumerous countries have attempted to improve the performance of their railways by introducing more competition, but there is fierce debate and no consensus on how this is best achieved. This book reveals how railways were an obvious target for reform because they were often losing traffic and money, and because the government was typically deeply involved as either owner or regulator.
Author: Clifford Winston
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 0815714386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor close to 100 years, America's surface freight industries, primarily rail and trucking, operated under the protective wing of the U.S. government. In 1980 Congress, finding vast inefficiencies in the two industries, substantially deregulated both, opening them at last to market competition. Deregulation has brought with it many changes—for firms within the industries, for their labor force, and for shippers and their customers. Clifford Winston, Thomas M. Corsi, Curtis M. Grimm, and Carol A Evans provide a comprehensive evaluation of the effect of the deregulation legislation on the rail and trucking industries. According to the authors, deregulation has made substantial progress in solving the two most vexing problems of the surface freight transportation industry—excessive rates in the trucking industry and insufficient returns on investment in the rail industry. Competition and efficiency have returned to both industries, and although the labor force in each has suffered wage and job losses, shippers and their customers have gained roughly $20 billion a year in benefits. The authors recommend policies that would continue to promote competition and the efficient use of highway and railway infrastructure.