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Railroad Economics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 20 - July 9, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Scott Dennis, Wayne K Talley
  • Language: English

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Table of contents

Ch. 1: Introduction – Scott M. Dennis and Wayne K. Talley

Ch. 2: Evolution of Railroad Economics – W. G. Waters II

Ch. 3: A Hedonic Cost Function Approach to Estimating Railroad Costs – John D. Bitzan and Wesley W. Wilson

Ch. 4: Spatially Generated Transportation Demands – Kenneth Train and Wesley W. Wilson

Ch. 5: Rail Passenger Demand Forecasting: Cross-Sectional Models Revisited – Mark Wardman, William Lythgoe and Gerard Whelan

Ch. 6: Railroad Pricing and Revenue-To-Cost Margins in the Post-Staggers Era – M. Ivaldi and G. McCullough

Ch. 7: Options for Restructuring the State-Owned Monopoly Railway – Russell Pittman

Ch. 8: Trespassing on the Railroad – Ian Savage

Ch. 9: Energy Use and Pollutant Emissions Impacts of Shortline Railroad Abandonment – Michael W. Babcock and James L. Bunch

Ch. 10: Earnings Differentials of Railroad Managers and Labor – James Peoples and Wayne K. Talley

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 20
  • Published: July 9, 2007
  • Language: English

About the editors

SD

Scott Dennis

Affiliations and expertise
Microeconomic Studies Division Washington, DC, U.S.A.

WT

Wayne K Talley

Affiliations and expertise
Maritime Institute, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.