THE INTERMODAL PRICING BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS UNDER REDUCED REGULATION

It is concluded that competitive intermodal pricing practices under substantially lessened regulatory constraints are essentially devoid of ruinously competitive or predatory aspects. The entry-limit pricing of similar situations in the past might indicate otherwise, but now, says the author, pricing behavior can result in more efficient allocation and utilization of resources in the transport sector. He notes that the lack of historical models which incorporate advances available to economics in the past 15 years produced expectations of competitive pricing detrimental to some or all the competitors and consumers of transport services.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of Interstate Commerce Com Practitners

  1112 ICC Building, 12th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20423
• Authors:
  • McCarney, B J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 532-43
• Serial:
  • ICC Practitioners Journal
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Deregulation; Economic factors; Freight traffic; Rates; Regulations; Transportation modes
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Freight rates
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Law; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084738
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM