Principles of Transport Economics is a topical, comprehensive and highly informative book,
not just on principles, as the title announces, but also on the facts and figures, the empirical …

The demand for freight transport was the subject of very many studies in the 1970s and early
1980s. Yet during recent years there has been renewed interest by researchers and …

Under current regulatory rules in the railroad industry, railroad rates are not subject to
reasonableness proceedings unless the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of …

Despite repeated findings of constant returns to scale in trucking, there have been increases
in motor carrier industry concentration following the Motor Carrier Act of 1980. This study …

Politics, Markets, and Congressional Policy Choices argues that Congress is an integral
participant in the design of market relationships. Utilizing a combination of taxes, subsidies …

The 1980s represented a significant period of market liberalisation. The 1990s has seen
much of the focus shift to questions of infrastructure provision and use. In sectors such as …

The trends and outlook for 4 ground transport industries in Canada are examined: bus
passenger service; railways; trucking; and taxis. Findings indicate that increased …

The potential for energy conservation in the short-haul transportation of goods and services
in Brazil is investigated. This sector of the transport industry encompasses not only freight …

Following deregulation in 1980, the US freight railroad industry invested large amounts of
capital, expanded output and increased earnings, but—paradoxically—it did not earn a …

The Staggers Rail Act1 modified, but to a degree also continued, many of the funda mental
regulatory principles on market dominant traffic in the 4-R Act. Neverthe less both the market …