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The Cost Structure of the U.S. Railroad Industry Under Deregulation

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  • Lee, Tenpao
  • Baumel, C. Phillip

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  • Lee, Tenpao & Baumel, C. Phillip, 1987. "The Cost Structure of the U.S. Railroad Industry Under Deregulation," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 28(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndjtrf:317168
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.317168
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    1. Robert G. Harris, 1977. "Economies of Traffic Density in the Rail Freight Industry," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 8(2), pages 556-564, Autumn.
    2. Braeutigam, Ronald R & Daughety, Andrew F & Turnquist, Mark A, 1982. "The Estimation of a Hybrid Cost Function for a Railroad Firm," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 64(3), pages 394-404, August.
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    4. Keeler, Theodore E, 1974. "Railroad Costs, Returns to Scale, and Excess Capacity," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 56(2), pages 201-208, May.
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    1. Forkenbrock, David J., 2001. "Comparison of external costs of rail and truck freight transportation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 321-337, May.

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