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Cost Allocation in Railroad Regulation

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  • Zvi Griliches

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This paper reviews a number of cost studies conducted by the Cost Finding Section of the ICC purporting to show that the elasticity of total railroad costs with respect to output (percent variable) is 0.8.

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  • Zvi Griliches, 1972. "Cost Allocation in Railroad Regulation," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 3(1), pages 26-41, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:rje:bellje:v:3:y:1972:i:spring:p:26-41
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    1. Kilmer, Richard L. & Tilley, Daniel S., 1979. "A Variance Component Approach To Industry Cost Analysis," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 11(2), pages 1-6, December.
    2. Andersson, Mats, 2007. "Fixed Effects Estimation of Marginal Railway Infrastructure Costs in Sweden," Working Papers 2007:11, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI).
    3. Bitzan, John D & Keeler, Theodore E, 2007. "Economies of Density and Regulatory Change in the U.S. Railroad Freight Industry," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 50(1), pages 157-179, February.
    4. Charles Beat Blankart, 1977. "Wohlfahrtsökonomie und Defizite öffentlicher Unternehmungen: Das Beispiel der Bundesbahnen," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 113(IV), pages 425-446, December.
    5. Bereskin, C. Gregory, 2001. "Estimation of cost effects for potential trans-continental railroad mergers," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 97-120, January.
    6. Allen, W. Bruce, 1976. "Some Observations on Improving Railroad Productivity," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1970s 318566, Transportation Research Forum.
    7. Stefania Vignini & Tiziana De Cristofaro, 2018. "Impatto della crisi economica su redditivit? e rischio finanziario delle imprese romagnole. Una cluster analysis," MANAGEMENT CONTROL, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2018(3), pages 157-181.
    8. Waters II, William G., 2007. "Evolution of Railroad Economics," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 11-67, January.
    9. Soltwedel, Rüdiger & Busch, Axel & Groß, Alexander & Laaser, Claus-Friedrich, 1987. "Zur staatlichen Marktregulierung in der Bundesrepublik," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 1085, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    10. Pesch, Michael J. & Larson, Donald W., 1981. "Factors Associated With Grain Rail Rates In Three U.S. Rate Territories," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279241, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    11. Mirucki, Jean, 1980. "Vérification des conditions d'efficacité dans la production chez Bell Canada [Checking the conditions of efficient production in Bell Canada]," MPRA Paper 30147, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Jun 1980.
    12. Mirucki, Jean, 1980. "Comportement de l'entreprise réglementée: étude de l'hypothèse Averch-Johnson [Behavior of the Regulated Firm: A Study of the Averch-Johnson Hypothesis]," MPRA Paper 27669, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 1982.
    13. Ivaldi, Marc & McCullough, Gerard, 2007. "Railroad Pricing and Revenue-to-Cost Margins in the Post-Staggers Era," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 153-178, January.
    14. Andersson, Mats, 2006. "Marginal railway infrastructure cost estimates in the presence of unobserved effects," Working Papers 2006:6, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI).

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