Railroad Economics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Railroad Economics write by Scott Dennis. This book was released on 2007-07-09. Railroad Economics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Research in Transportation Economics is now available online at ScienceDirect — full-text online of volumes 6 onwards. Elsevier book series on ScienceDirect gives multiple users throughout an institution simultaneous online access to an important compliment to primary research. Digital delivery ensures users reliable, 24-hour access to the latest peer-reviewed content. The Elsevier book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe using Elsevier’s extensive researcher network. For more information about the Elsevier Book Series on ScienceDirect Program, please visit:http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/bookseries/
U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy
U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy write by Jeffrey T. Macher. This book was released on 2019-04-25. U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented the effects of the Act on a variety of important economic metrics including prices, costs, and productivity. Over the preceding years, and with the return of the industry to more stable footing, attention to the industry by economists faded. The lack of attention, however, has not been due to a dearth of ongoing economic and policy issues that continue to confront the industry. In this volume, we begin to rectify this inattention. Rather than retread older analyses or provide yet another look at the consequences of Staggers, we assemble a collection of ten chapters in four sections that collectively provide fresh and up-to-date analyses of the economic issues and policy challenges the industry faces: the first section sets the context through foundational discussion of freight rail; the second section highlights the role of freight rail in an increasingly interrelated economy; the third section examines industry structure and scope in freight rail; and the fourth section assesses current regulatory challenges that confront freight rail. This book will be of great value to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students interested in the fields of freight rail economics and policy, transportation, business history, and regulatory economics.
The Economics of Railroad Safety
The Economics of Railroad Safety - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Economics of Railroad Safety write by Ian Savage. This book was released on 2012-12-06. The Economics of Railroad Safety available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a "train wreck. " In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called "causing a train wreck. " A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a "train wreck. " It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government "should do something.
Railroads and American Economic Growth
Railroads and American Economic Growth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Railroads and American Economic Growth write by Robert William Fogel. This book was released on 1994. Railroads and American Economic Growth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Elements of Railway Economics
The Elements of Railway Economics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elements of Railway Economics write by William Mitchell Acworth. This book was released on 1923. The Elements of Railway Economics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
