Study attempts to estimate the independent effect on transportation prices from different types of economic regulations: rate regulations, entry restrictions and the providion of antitrust immunity for decisions made jointly by competitors. The study extimates the relationship between intrastate trucking rates and three different types of state level regulations: 1) the strictness with which rates are regulated; 2) the reguirements placed on motor carriers seeking to enter the market and 3) whether the state provides antitrust immunity for decisions made by motor carrier rate bureaus. By combining a cross section of intrastate trucking rates with information on the motor carrier laws and regulations in place at the time the relationships between particular types of regulations and trucking rates may be estimated.
This report analyzes the application of Federal antitrust laws to municipal regulation of the taxicab industry. Spurred by two recent Supreme Court de...
• Questionnaire data were obtained from 326 top managers of large trucking companies; these data were supplemented with information from the TTS Blu...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.
United States Department of Transportation
[PDF-139.33 KB]
