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The Economic Effects of Surface Freight Deregulation

Author : Clifford Winston
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815714386
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Economic Effects of Surface Freight Deregulation written by Clifford Winston and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Deregulating Freight Transportation

Author : Paul Eric Teske
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780844738963
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Deregulating Freight Transportation written by Paul Eric Teske and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the effects of government intervention on the operations of the freight transportation industry.

Heavy Traffic

Author : Daniel Madar
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774842350
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Heavy Traffic written by Daniel Madar and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada and the United States exchange the world's highest level of bilateral trade, valued at $1.4 billion a day. Two-thirds of this trade travels on trucks. Heavy Traffic examines the way in which the regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking, coupled with free trade, has internationalized this vital industry. Before deregulation, restrictive entry rules had fostered two separate national highway transportation markets, and most international traffic had to be exchanged at the border. When the United States deregulated first, the imbalance between its opened market and Canada's still-restricted one produced a surprisingly difficult bilateral dispute. American deregulation was motivated by domestic incentives, but the subsequent Canadian deregulation blended domestic incentives with transborder rate comparisons and concerns about trade competitiveness. Daniel Madar shows that deregulation created a de facto regime of free trade in trucking services. Removing regulatory barriers has enabled Canadian and American carriers to follow the expansion of transborder traffic that began with the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and continues with NAFTA. The services available with deregulated trucking have also supported sweeping changes in industrial logistics. As transborder traffic has surged, the two countries' carriers -- from billion-dollar corporations to family firms -- have exploited the latitude provided by deregulation. This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the policy processes and economic conditions that led to trucking deregulation. As a study in public policy formation and the international effects of reform, it will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, international relations, and transportation.

Transportation After Deregulation

Author : B Starr McMullen
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780762307807
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Transportation After Deregulation written by B Starr McMullen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-09-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several of the papers in this volume are concerned with assessing both the timing and the impacts of deregulation and regulatory reform in the US transportation sector. Of increasing interest is the importance of productivity growth and the role played by new technologies in a more competitive market environment. Four of the papers in this volume deal directly with these issues in the context of motor carriers and railroads, two sectors which have been operating under substantially reduced regulatory constraints for the past twenty years in the US. Although the financial condition of US railroads has improved since 1980, there is still some concern regarding their long run viability as private enterprises. Accordingly, one of the papers considers the potential for further reductions in railroad costs through transcontinental mergers, a controversial issue due to the small number of railroads that remain in the industry.

The feasibility of deregulating surface freight transportation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The feasibility of deregulating surface freight transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sweatshops on Wheels

Author : Michael H. Belzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195128864
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book Sweatshops on Wheels written by Michael H. Belzer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long hours, low wages, and unsafe workplaces characterized sweatshops a hundred years ago. These same conditions plague American trucking today. Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation exposes the dark side of government deregulation in America's interstate trucking industry. In the years since deregulation in 1980, median earnings have dropped 30% and most long-haul truckers earn less than half of pre-regulation wages. Work weeks average more than sixty hours. Today, America's long-haul truckers are working harder and earning less than at any time during the last four decades. Written by a former long-haul trucker who now teaches industrial relations at Wayne State University, Sweatshops on Wheels raises crucial questions about the legacy of trucking deregulation in America and casts provocative new light on the issue of government deregulation in general.

Trucking Industry Deregulation

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Trucking Industry Deregulation by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation

Download or read book Trucking Industry Deregulation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Impact of Deregulation of the Trucking Industry on Small Businesses and Small Truck Owner/operators

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation, and Privatization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impact of Deregulation of the Trucking Industry on Small Businesses and Small Truck Owner/operators written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation, and Privatization and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Regulation and Deregulation of the Motor Carrier Industry

Author : John Richard Felton
Publisher : Iowa State Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulation and Deregulation of the Motor Carrier Industry written by John Richard Felton and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Impacts of Truck and Railroad Deregulation on Transportation Operations and Economic Activity in the State of Washington

Author : Harold C. Sorensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Impacts of Truck and Railroad Deregulation on Transportation Operations and Economic Activity in the State of Washington by : Harold C. Sorensen

Download or read book Impacts of Truck and Railroad Deregulation on Transportation Operations and Economic Activity in the State of Washington written by Harold C. Sorensen and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Braking the Special Interests

Author : Dorothy Robyn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226723280
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Braking the Special Interests written by Dorothy Robyn and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980 Congress voted to eliminate the federal system of protective regulation over the powerful trucking industry, despite fierce opposition. This upset marked a rare example in American politics of diffuse public interests winning out over powerful economic lobbies. In Braking the Special Interests Dorothy Robyn draws upon firsthand observations of formal proceedings and behind-the-scenes maneuverings to illuminate the role of political strategy in the landmark trucking battle. Robyn focuses her analysis on four elements of strategy responsible for the deregulator's victory—elements that are essential, she argues, to any successful policy battle against entrenched special interests: the effective use of economic data and analysis to make a strong case for the merits of reform; the formation and management of a diverse lobbying coalition of firms and interest groups; presidential bargaining to gain political leverage; and transition schemes to reduce uncertainty and cushion the blow to losers. Drawing on political and economic theory, Braking the Special Interests is an immensely rich and readable study of political strategy and skill, with general insights relevant to current political battles surrounding trade, agriculture, and tax policies. Robyn's interdisciplinary work will be of great value to scholars and practitioners of politics, economics, and public policy.

The Social and Economic Consequences of Deregulation

Author : Paul S. Dempsey
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Social and Economic Consequences of Deregulation written by Paul S. Dempsey and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-09-11 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses the question of federal preemption of intrastate transportation and the experience of intrastate deregulation in some states. He examines the issue of whether more deregulation is in the public interest and, if economic deregulation is to be retained, what form it should take. The author's summary and conclusions can be the basis for study of the effects of economic deregulation in the transportation industry. This book can be a resource for executives dealing with deregulation in such industries as: transportation, telecommunications, broadcasting, electric utilities, cable television, oil and gas, and securities and banking. Defense Transportation Journal This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the social nd economic consequences of one of America's most important infrastructure industries--transportation. Dr. Dempsey traces the legal and political movement from regulation to deregulation. He proceeds to review the empirical results of a decade of deregulation upon airlines, railroads, trucking, and bus companies, and the effects of deregulation upon the shipping and traveling public that rely upon them. The book begins with an analysis of the events that led our nation to establish a regime of economic regulation upon the transportation industry. It also examines the metamorphosis toward deregulation and focuses on several areas in which there has been a significant adverse impact, including economic efficiency, pricing, service, and safety. Dempsey's book addresses the question of federal preemption of intrastate transportation and the experience of intrastate deregulation in some states. Dempsey further examines the issue of whether more deregulation is in the public interest and, if economic regulation is to be retained, what form it should take. The book concludes with an analysis of the public interest in transportation, focusing upon the policy objectives essential in accomplishing social and economic goals beyond allocative efficiency. This book is a necessary resource for executives dealing with deregulation in such industries as: transportation, telecommunications, broadcasting, electric utilities, cable television, oil and gas, and securities and banking.

Transportation Labor Issues and Regulatory Reform

Author : James H Peoples
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080545521
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Labor Issues and Regulatory Reform written by James H Peoples and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-08-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulatory reform in the late 1970s and early 1980s vastly transformed the labor market for transportation workers. Most research in this area focuses on the effect of deregulation on the earnings of nonmanagement company workers in airline, trucking and rail. Deregulation of transportation industries, though, has had a broader effect on workers. For instance, deregulation also influences workers’ hours worked per week, working conditions, worker safety, and a host of other labor issues. Deregulation might also influence the earnings of managers and self-employed workers in transportation industries. Examining these issues is valuable because such analysis provides a more complete assessment of labor market changes following the shift to a more market oriented business environment. Transportation Labor Issues and Regulatory Reform adds to the debate on deregulation’s influence on transportation labor markets by presenting empirical evidence on an array of labor market outcomes in transportation industries. Contributions to this volume are categorized by their analysis on worker safety, working conditions and employment opportunities, and by their analysis on managerial and self-employed earnings

Transportation Deregulation

Author : Daniel Joseph Sweeney
Publisher : N A S S T R A C
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Deregulation written by Daniel Joseph Sweeney and published by N A S S T R A C. This book was released on 1986 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Effect of Truck and Rail Economic Deregulation on Radioactive Material Transportation

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Truck and Rail Economic Deregulation on Radioactive Material Transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation

Author : Leon N. Moses
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019505797X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation written by Leon N. Moses and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent trend to deregulate industries has raised the question of whether deregulation means decreased safety. This book considers the question with regard to the airline and motor freight industries.

Transport Deregulation

Author : Kenneth Button
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134921616X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Transport Deregulation written by Kenneth Button and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together an international collection of original papers looking at the impacts of the recent liberalization measures in the transport sector. It contains a number of area studies which focus on the deregulation of countries such as Switzerland and Australia as well as the broader European perspective. Additionally there are a number of modal studies which pay attention to the deregulation which has taken place regarding road, rail and air transport in selected countries. The papers are written by international authorities in their respective fields.