COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF RAILROAD MERGERS

In the post-Staggers era, the U.S. railroad industry has experienced a significant number of mergers and a sharp reduction in the number of Class I rail carriers. This paper provides analysis of the competitive effects of these rail mergers, with a focus on Union Pacific-Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern-Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific-Santa Fe. Specifically, a methodology to quantify horizontal competitive effects of rail mergers is developed and applied to these mergers.

• Record URL:
  • https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001070572/Home
• Record URL:
  • https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/competitive-effects-railroad-mergers
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• Authors:
  • Grimm, C M
  • Plaistow, J J
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 64-75
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Mergers; Railroads
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway; Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation; Southern Pacific Railroad; Staggers Rail Act of 1980; Union Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766586
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 829
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1999 12:00AM