Author: Teresa Kovner LissPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Competition in the Railroad Industry and Its Regulation by the Federal Government
Author: Teresa Kovner LissPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Railroad Competitiveness
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916
Author: Gabriel KolkoPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400878748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This examination of the relationship of the economy to political process in the United States from 1877 to 1916 shows how the railroad industry encouraged and relied on national politics to solve its economic problems, and created a precedent for government regulation of the economy in the twentieth century. The continuity in governmental regulation from 1877 to 1900, in the Progressive Era, and in the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson are pointed out. The origin of each major federal railroad act and contending forces is analyzed. Federal regulation of the railroads, probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I is used as a key in reassessing the motives behind Progressivism. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Railroad Competitiveness
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289075576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the principal factors affecting the railroad industry's ability to compete with other transportation modes for intercity freight, focusing on how federal laws: (1) affect railroad labor costs; and (2) influence the railroads' competitive position. GAO found that: (1) reduced federal regulation has given railroads greater freedom to competitively price their services, but as the railroads have become more competitive, so have their competitors in the trucking and barge industries; (2) the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and the Railway Labor Act of 1926, which govern railroad employee benefits and labor relations, have resulted in higher overall labor costs; (3) if railroads could reduce their labor costs, they would be in a better position to competitively price their services and compete for intercity freight; (4) publicly financed interstate highways and waterways give the trucking and barge industries a competitive price advantage over railroads, since freight railroads maintain their own rights of way with minimal federal assistance, while trucks and barges use rights of way that the public helps to fund; and (5) rail rates could become increasingly attractive compared with truck or barge rates, if all modes operated under the same labor laws and were equally responsible for their rights of way.
The Railroad Situation
Author: United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Policy and Program DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Status of Railroad Economic Regulation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on RailroadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Government Regulation of the Railroads
Author: David ChiuPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404208490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The story of imposing government regulation on the American rairoad industry in the early 20th century.
Regulation of Railways
Author: Samuel Orace DunnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Texas Railroad Commission
Author: William R. ChildsPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585444526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.
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.