Research Reports
Report Details
Title:
Railroad Cost Considerations and the Benefits/Costs of Mergers
Authors:
University:
North Dakota State University
Publication Date:
Sep 1997
Report #:
MPC-97-80
Project #:
MPC-108
TRID #:
Keywords:
benefit cost analysis, competition, cost effectiveness, costs, mergers, monopoly, railroad equipment industry, railroads
Type:
Research Report – MPC Publications
Final Report Abstract
This study examines the cost conditions present in the Class I railroad industry. Recent mergers and merger proposals have brought forth questions regarding the desirability of maintaining competition in areas impacted by horizontal mergers and, similarly, the desirability of end-to-end mergers.