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Industry Costs and Consolidation: Efficiency Gains and Mergers in the Railroad Industry (Jun 2003, MPC-03-145)
Partial deregulation of the railroad industry substantially eased regulatory impediments to consolidation. Since partial deregulation, there has been a massive consolidation of firms in the railroad industry, which has been premised on efficiency gains, network rationalization, and service quality. In...
Railroad Cost Considerations and the Benefits/Costs of Mergers (Sep 1997, MPC-97-80)
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.