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Restructuring
Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000112367
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Mergers, Deregulation and Cost Savings in the U.S. Rail Industry
Berndt, Ernst R. - 1991
The success of deregulation in creating a viable private rail freight system in the ?U.S. since 1979 is relatively … undisputed. Deregulation has proceeded in three ways: (i) eased rate setting restrictions; (ii) simplified merger applications … of deregulation on rail costs from those directly attributable to mergers and acquisitions. We employ a translog variable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475256
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Growth, Initial Conditions, Law and Speed of Privatization in Transition Countries : 11 Years Later
Godoy, Sergio - 2006
the market. In particular, we look at whether speed of privatization, legal institutions or initial conditions are more … endogeneity, confused issues of speed and level of privatization, and did not face up to the problems of multicollinearity. Our … results suggest that, contrary to the earlier literature, the speed of privatization is negatively associated with growth, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466679
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Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small : The Transformation of the State Sector in China
Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2015
Starting in the late 1990s, China undertook a dramatic transformation of the large number of firms under state control. Small state-owned firms were privatized or closed. Large state-owned firms were corporatized and merged into large industrial groups under the control of the Chinese state. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457662
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Impacts of the Jones Act on U.S. Petroleum Markets
Kellogg, Ryan; Sweeney, Richard L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study how the Jones Act -- a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping -- affects U.S. markets for crude oil and petroleum products. We collect data on U.S. Gulf Coast and East Coast fuel prices, movements, and consumption, and we estimate domestic non-Jones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447259
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Spatial Inefficiencies in Africa's Trade Network
Graff, Tilman - 2019
I assess the efficiency of transport networks for every country in Africa. Using rich spatial data, I simulate trade flows over more than 70,000 links covering the entire continent. I maximise over the space of networks and find the optimal road system for every African state. My simulations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479901
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One for the Road : Public Transportation, Alcohol Consumption, and Intoxicated Driving
Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010
We exploit arguably exogenous train schedule changes in Washington DC to investigate the relationship between public transportation provision, the risky decision to consume alcohol, and the criminal decision to engage in alcohol-impaired driving. Using a triple differences strategy, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462778
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Traffic Congestion and Infant Health : Evidence from E-ZPass
Currie, Janet - 2009
We exploit the introduction of electronic toll collection, (E-ZPass), which greatly reduced both traffic congestion and vehicle emissions near highway toll plazas. We show that the introduction of E-ZPass reduced prematurity and low birth weight among mothers within 2km of a toll plaza by 10.8%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463236
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The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion : Evidence from US cities
Duranton, Gilles - 2009
We investigate the relationship between interstate highways and highway vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) in US cities. We find that VKT increases proportionately to highways and identify three important sources for this extra VKT: an increase in driving by current residents; an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463274
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An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches : Theory and Evidence
Anwar, Shamena - 2005
We propose a simple model of trooper behavior to design empirical tests for whether troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, and whether they exhibit relative racial prejudice in motor vehicle searches. Our test of relative racial prejudice provides a partial solution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467421