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Impediments to the American Railroads’ Achieving their Comparative Advantage for Long-distance Movement

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The Economics of Long-Distance Transportation

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It is generally agreed that railroad transportation has a comparative advantage for long-distance inland movements of freight. It is also generally agreed that the American railroads are not realising this comparative advantage, though the reasons for this are in some dispute.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    George W. Hilton

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  1. International Economic Association, UK

    T. S. Khachaturov (Honorary President) (Honorary President)

  2. Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK

    P. B. Goodwin (leading British transport economist, Transport Studies and Director) (leading British transport economist, Transport Studies and Director)

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Hilton, G.W. (1983). Impediments to the American Railroads’ Achieving their Comparative Advantage for Long-distance Movement. In: Khachaturov, T.S., Goodwin, P.B. (eds) The Economics of Long-Distance Transportation. International Economic Association Publications. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17013-5_16

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