ANALYSIS OF REGULATION EFFECTS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY : A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH

In recent years, deregulation in the tranport industries has been an important issue in North America. In Canada, although large scale deregulation has not yet been implemented, a certain political will towards deregulation has been observed at the provincial and Federal levels of government since 1984. The main purpose of this paper is to present the methodology used to analyze the technology of the trucking industry and also its theoretical background. This methodology is particularly useful when investigating the questions of return to scale, beneficiaries of regulation and productivity growth in the trucking industry. Although the paper concentrates primarily on the application of the methodology to the trucking industry, it is emphasized that it can be used for other regulated industries such as the airline industry, electric utilities and the rail industry. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Montreal

  Center for Research on Transportation (CRT)/CIRRELT
  P.O. Box 6128, Station Centre-ville
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3C 3J7
• Authors:
  • Gagne, R
• Publication Date: 1987-5

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 36 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 521

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deregulation; Productivity; Regulations; Technology; Trucking
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 8018: Canada; 741: Goods traffic; 9112: Impact study; 332: Industry; 1556: Legislation; 1236: Lorry; 9102: Method; 3855: Technology
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478669
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM