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Effect Of Contract Disclosure On Price: Railroad Grain Contracting In The Plains

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Fuller, Stephen W.
Ruppel, Fred J.
Bessler, David A.

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The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 granted railroads freedom to establish rates and enter into confidential contracts with grain shippers. Recent legislation (1986) required that certain contract terms be disclosed. This study shows rail rates in the Plains region commenced an upward trend after implementation of the disclosure policy. Results suggest contract disclosure and increased reliance on posted tariffs facilitated rate coordination within the oligopolistic railroad industry.

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Article provided by Western Agricultural Economics Association in its journal Western Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Volume (Year): 15 (1990)
Issue (Month): 02 (December)
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  1. Per Baltzer Overgaard & H. Peter Møllgaard, 2007. "Information Exchange, Market Transparency and Dynamic Oligopoly," Economics Working Papers 2007-03, School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Miljkovic, Dragan, 1999. "Transporting The Export-Bound Grain By Rail: A Study Of Market Integration," Trade Research Center Research Discussion Papers 29236, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Liliane Karlinger, 2008. "How Demand Information Can Destabilize a Cartel," Vienna Economics Papers 0803, University of Vienna, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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