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Analysis of Regulation Effects in the Trucking Industry: A Technological Approach

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This paper concerns the methodology used to analyze the technology of the trucking industry and also its theoretical background. After having presented the theoretical background, the methodology itself and its particular application to the trucking industry are described. We also present three possible uses of this methodology: the analyses of returns to scale, productivity growth, and beneficiaries of regulation.

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  1. Département de sciences économiques and Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Station A, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7

    Robert Gagné

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  1. Progetto Finalizzato Trasporti, Viale dell’Università 11, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    Lucio Bianco  & Agostino La Bella  & 

  2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica, Italy

    Lucio Bianco  & Agostino La Bella  & 

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Gagné, R. (1988). Analysis of Regulation Effects in the Trucking Industry: A Technological Approach. In: Bianco, L., La Bella, A. (eds) Freight Transport Planning and Logistics. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 317. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02551-2_14

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