Modernizing U.S. Freight Rail Regulation

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Wesley W., Schmalensee, Richard
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104867
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