Railway Rate Theories of the Interstate Commerce Commission. II

M. B. Hammond

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1911, vol. 25, issue 2, 279-336

Abstract: IV. Distance as a factor in rate making, 279. — 1. Rates increase with distance, 282. — 2. Modifications of the distance principle, 288. — V. Natural advantages of location, 291. — 1. Natural advantages due to lower costs, 294. — 2. Natural advantages due to distance, 303. — 3. Group rates, 307. — 4. Natural advantages due to competition, 314. — VI. Competition as a factor in rate making, 317. — 1. Competition between carriers subject to and those not subject to the act to regulate commerce, 319. — 2. Competition between carriers subject to the act, 323. — 3. Competition between places or sections, 329.

Date: 1911
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