A firm specific analysis of economies of density in the US railroad industry.

R. R. Braeutigam; A. F. Daughety; M. A. Turnquist

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A firm specific analysis of economies of density in the US railroad industry.

R. R. Braeutigam, A. F. Daughety, M. A. Turnquist

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Formulates and estimates a long-run cost function for a single, large railroad firm, using time series data. Analyses returns-to-density as well as the tests of the model with respect to: 1) inclusion of quality of service variables, and 2) separability of inputs from outputs in the description of the firm's technology.-from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-20
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Industrial Economics
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2098421
State	Published - 1984

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