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Transport Deregulation

An International Movement

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Button

    1. Loughborough University, UK

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  2. David Pitfield

    1. Loughborough University, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Regulatory reform

    • Kenneth Button
    Pages 1-23

  3. Devolution of transport policy in Europe

    • Henk A. van Gent, Peter Nijkamp
    Pages 25-35

  4. Transport regulation, deregulation and regulatory reform in Australia

    • George Docwra
    Pages 37-62

  5. Transport regulation in Switzerland

    • Rico Maggi
    Pages 63-74

  6. Liberalisation of railroad policy in North America

    • Curtis M. Grimm, Gordon A. Rogers
    Pages 75-92

  7. European aviation — the growing pains of a slowly liberalising market

    • Kenneth Button, Dennis Swann
    Pages 93-118

  8. The bus industry and the cases of Australia, The USA and the UK

    • J. S. Dodgson
    Pages 119-140

  9. US and Canadian trucking policy

    • Garland Chow
    Pages 141-176

  10. Movement towards the privatisation of British Rail

    • Paul Truelove
    Pages 177-189

  11. More private sector provision of roads in Europe?

    • Kenneth Button, David Pitfield
    Pages 191-205

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-211
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About this book

This book brings together an international collection of original papers looking at the impacts of the recent liberalization measures in the transport sector. It contains a number of area studies which focus on the deregulation of countries such as Switzerland and Australia as well as the broader European perspective. Additionally there are a number of modal studies which pay attention to the deregulation which has taken place regarding road, rail and air transport in selected countries. The papers are written by international authorities in their respective fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Loughborough University, UK

    Kenneth Button, David Pitfield

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transport Deregulation

  • Book Subtitle: An International Movement

  • Editors: Kenneth Button, David Pitfield

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21616-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Kenneth Button and David Pitfield 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52183-0Published: 10 October 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-21618-5Published: 15 December 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21616-1Published: 10 October 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 211

  • Topics: Urban Economics, Transportation

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