Regulation of Freight Railroads in the Modern Era: 1970 - 2010

The fundamental tension between the freight railroads' network economics and economic regulation has never been resolved. Lip service has been paid to declining marginal costs and Ramsey pricing, but the actual practice of economic regulation has not coped with the economic dilemma. This paper relates the trials and tribulations of railroad regulation from the perspective of a participant that has seen the struggle both as a regulator and a regulatee.

Optimal Pricing By Dominant Firms.

Ph.D.Economic theoryUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/157108/1/7104610.pd

Horizontal Mergers: Law and Policy

TRB Special Report 255 - Entry and Competition in the U.S. Airline Industry: Issues and Opportunities focuses on some well understood and recognized opportunities to encourage airline competition, especially in larger markets