The economic effects of surface freight deregulation

著者

• Winston, Clifford

書誌事項

The economic effects of surface freight deregulation

Clifford Winston ... [et al.]

Brookings Institution, c1990

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

For 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.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA10929706
• ISBN:
  • 0815794681
• LCCN: 90001962
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Washington, D.C.
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 69 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HE597.U6
  • DC20 : 388/.044
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Freight and freightage -- United States -- Deregulation