Steamboating on the Mississippi, 1810–1860: A Purely Competitive Industry*

Erik F. Haites and James Mak

Business History Review, 1971, vol. 45, issue 1, 52-78

Abstract: Estimates of costs and revenues for steamboating in the Louisville-New Orleans trade indicate that after the 1820's the steamboat transport market experienced the long–run equilibrium characteristic of purely competitive industries.

Date: 1971
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