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Railroad Economics

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • List of Contributorsvii
  • Chapter 1. Introduction1
  • Chapter 2. Evolution of Railroad Economics11
  • 1. Introduction11
  • 2. Railroads, Economic Development, and the Development of Economics12
  • 3. Economics of Railroads, then and Now14
  • 4. Railway Pricing17
  • 5. Rail Regulation in North America21
  • 6. Evolution of Rail Cost Analysis24
  • 7. Critiques of Rail Regulation31
  • 8. Understanding Competition in Rail Markets34
  • 9. The Deregulation Experience in North America36
  • 10. Government-Owned Railways45
  • 11. Railroad Monopoly Concerns Revisited48
  • 12. Conclusion56
  • Notes57
  • Acknowledgment60
  • References60
  • Chapter 3. A hedonic Cost Function Approach to Estimating Railroad Costs69
  • 1. Introduction69
  • 2. Hedonic Model of Railroad Costs71
  • 3. Using the Hedonic Cost Function to Infer Individual Movement Costs85
  • 4. Summary and Implications91
  • Notes92
  • Acknowledgments94
  • References94
  • Chapter 4. Spatially Generated Transportation Demands97
  • 1. Introduction97
  • 2. The Model100
  • 3. Data102
  • 4. Empirical Application and Results104
  • 5. Illustrations105
  • 6. Demand Schedules109
  • 7. Equilibrium and Concluding Comments113
  • Notes115
  • References117
  • Chapter 5. Rail Passenger Demand Forecasting: Cross-Sectional Models Revisited119
  • 1. Introduction119
  • 2. Background120
  • 3. Enhancing the Catchment Area Specification124
  • 4. More Detailed Investigation of Access Time Effects133
  • 5. Dealing with Station Competition143
  • 6. Conclusions148
  • Note150
  • Acknowledgments150
  • References150
  • Chapter 6. Railroad Pricing and Revenue-to-Cost Margins in the Post-Staggers Era153
  • 1. Background and Introduction154
  • 2. Estimated Rail Rates and Marginal Costs155
  • 3. Pricing Behavior164
  • 4. Revenue-to-Cost Ratio167
  • 5. Conclusions171
  • Notes172
  • References173
  • Appendix175
  • Chapter 7. Options for Restructuring the State-Owned Monopoly Railway179
  • 1. Introduction179
  • 2. Options for Creating Rail Versus Rail Competition182
  • 3. Choosing Among the Alternatives185
  • 4. Access Pricing191
  • 5. Conclusion193
  • Notes194
  • Acknowledgment195
  • References195
  • Chapter 8. Trespassing on the Railroad199
  • 1. Introduction199
  • 2. Data200
  • 3. Documented Suicides200
  • 4. Historical Perspective201
  • 5. Who, Where, and What204
  • 6. Time Series Analysis 1947–2003209
  • 7. Decomposition of Time-Series Trends215
  • 8. The way Forward218
  • 9. Conclusions222
  • References223
  • Chapter 9. Energy use and Pollutant Emissions Impacts of Shortline Railroad Abandonment225
  • 1. Introduction225
  • 2. Literature Review229
  • 3. The Study Area233
  • 4. Description of the Kansas wheat Logistics System234
  • 5. The wheat Logistics System Model236
  • 6. Transportation Energy Consumption241
  • 7. Emission Factors243
  • 8. Empirical Results245
  • 9. Other External Effects of Shortline Railroad Abandonment250
  • 10. Conclusion251
  • Notes252
  • References252
  • Appendix: Mathematical Structure of the Network Model255
  • Chapter 10. Earnings Differentials of Railroad Managers and Labor259
  • 1. Introduction259
  • 2. Deregulation and Railroad Labor Earnings264
  • 3. Data and Labor Earnings Model267
  • 4. Estimation Results272
  • 5. Conclusion273
  • Notes274
  • Acknowledgments277
  • References277
  • Appendix279
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780762312559
  • ISBN-13 9780080548937

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