Author: Canadian Transport Commission. Research BranchPublisher: Canadian Transport Commission, Research Branch
ISBN:
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Competition and Regulation in the Railway Freight Industry
Author: Canadian Transport Commission. Research BranchPublisher: Canadian Transport Commission, Research Branch
ISBN:
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Competition in the Railway Industry
Author: José A. Gómez-IbáñezPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1847202942
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Numerous 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.
Competition and Regulation in the Railway Freight Industry
Author: Bunting, P. MPublisher: Canadian Transport Commission, Research Branch
ISBN:
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Competition and Regulation in the Railway Freight Industry
Author: Railroads, Freight, and Public Policy
Author: Theodore E. KeelerPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815717799
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book examines railroad regulation and public policy regarding the freight industry.
Creating Competition in the Railway Industry
Author: Sebastian ArendtPublisher: VDM Publishing
ISBN: 9783836411950
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Throughout the world, the rail industry historically has been one of the most extensively regulated of all industrial sectors. In the past three decades however, policymakers and economists have become increasingly critical of traditional regulation of the rail industry and it is generally accepted that in markets where transportation carriers seek to meet demand, there is habitually effective competition. Today, facilitating competition in the railroad transport industry is frequently seen as beneficial. Introducing competition enhances efficiency and innovation in the competitive rail activities, enhances the range and variety of products available to consumers, and focuses the regulatory interventions on the core of the underlying network market problems. This book examines the underlying policies and tools to promote competition in the railroad market. Two of these tools, vertical separation and the enforcement of intramodal competition, are examined in more details. This book aims at decision makers faced with the regulation of railroad industry and people interested in the actual and future setting of railroad competition all over the world.
Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail
Author: John ShawPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351732501
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This title was first published in 2000. This work looks at the privatization of British Rail. It covers the competition for franchises and the regulation of those franchises. The study evaluates the extent to which the promotion of competition was an appropriate policy goal in the privatization of British rail. The book examines the rail system as a whole and looks at the prospects for the future.
The Economics of Rail Freight Transportation Rate Regulation, Excess Capacity, and Competition
Author: James Alfred CaronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Competition in Transportation
Author: National Transportation Act Review Commission (Canada)Publisher: The Commission
ISBN:
Category : Carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This report is the result of a 12-month effort. It provides recommendations which are appropriate to restore the health and ensure the competitiveness of the nation's transportation system in its service to individual Canadians and Canadian businesses. It discusses the impact of reform; impacts on safety, environment, and labour-management relations; the carriers (highway, air, railway, and marine); the challenge of keeping competition alive; transportation policy and the role of government; and the legislation and the agency.
The Economic Effects of Surface Freight Deregulation
Author: Clifford WinstonPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815714386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
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.