Modernizing U.S. Freight Rail Regulation
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Wilson, Wesley W.
Schmalensee, Richard
Date Issued
April 2016
Journal
Review of Industrial Organization
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Springer-Verlag
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Schmalensee, Richard L., and Wesley W. Wilson. “Modernizing U.S. Freight Rail Regulation.” Review of Industrial Organizations, vol. 49, no. 2, April 2016, pp. 133–159.
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Abstract
By 1970, regulation of railroads under the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 had resulted in an industry that was in financial ruin and unresponsive to changes in the marketplace. Subsequent legislation, which culminated in the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, was intended to resurrect the industry and did so. A Congressionally-mandated National Academy of Sciences study examined trends in the industry and the current regulatory regime and offered a number of recommendations, arguing that modernization can yield substantial benefits by modernizing what has become an outdated and ineffective system. This paper summaries some of the main findings of that study.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Sloan School of Management
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-016-9515-2
