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CANADIAN FOR-HIRE TRUCKING AND THE EFFECTS OF REGULATION

This study involves an econometric analysis in pursuit of the overall objective of determining the impacts which different provincial economic regulations have on the for-hire trucking cost structure in selected provinces. Specific objectives include assessing: the degree of competition that exists in those sectors of the industry not subject to economic regulation; the effects of economic regulation on the shape and level of the for-hire trucking cost structure in selected provinces; and the relative tendencies to concentration in both regulated and unregulated sectors of the industry. The major conclusions and observations that emerge from the empirical analysis carried out in this study are as follows: the traditional arguments put foreward in the literature greatly over- simplify the issues on both sides. The viewpoint of regulation argues that regulation is required to prevent concentration from occuring in the industry. The counterviewpoint maintains that regulations is concentration itself. If regulation were effective in preventing industry concentration, it would be expected that most of the carrier in Quebec and Ontario would be smaller than in Alberta. On the other hand, if regulation itself promotes industry concentration, then it would be expected that most of the carriers in Alberta would be smaller than those in Quebec and Ontario. In fact, the distribution of carriers by size in terms of output were not substantially different between the three provinces.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Canadian Transport Commission

    Systems Analysis Branch, 275 Slater Street
    Ottawa, ONo K1A 0N9,   Canada 
  • Authors:
    • CAIRNS, M B
    • KIRK, B D
  • Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 25 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00319407
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM