REGULATION OF MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION: A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION O POLICY

THIS STUDY DEVELOPS A WAY OF USING DATA TO MEASURE CERTAIN ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TRANSPORT REGULATION, PARTICULARLY THE RATE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH REGULATION OF THE MOTOR CARRIER INDUSTRY. THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES HAS MADE CROSS-SECTION STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF REGULATION VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. HOWEVER, PROVINCE-TO-PROVINCE DIFFERENCES IN REGULATION IN CANADA PRODUCE STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE FOR-HIRE MOTOR TRUCK INDUSTRY MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE RATE LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULAR DEGREES OF REGULATION THERE. A SERIES OF REGRESSION EQUATIONS INDICATE THAT TRUCKING CHARGES IN CANADA HAVE BEEN HIGHER UNDER REGULATION THAN IN ITS ABSENCE. EXTENSION OF THE ANALYSIS TO THE FOR-HIRE MOTOR TRUCKING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, USING THE MORE LIMITED DATA AVAILABLE HERE, SUGGESTS THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS MAY ACCOUNT FOR INCREASED MOTOR FREIGHT CHARGES OF $300 MILLION PER ANNUM. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 2, PP O27-366
• Corporate Authors:

  Bell J Economics & Management Science

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• Authors:
  • Sloss, J
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Freight transportation; Highway transportation; Industries; Motor carriers; Policy; Quantitative analysis; Rates; Regression analysis; Regulation; Statistics; Transportation; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation rates
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225890
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 12 1971 12:00AM