Rail Mergers Background and Selected Public Policy Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big business.

Competition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1998

Summary:

Discusses rail mergers and their impact on customers, competitors, and employees; and analyzes major public policy issues associated with the Conrail acquisition. Reviews financial and employment history of railroads, legislative history of Federal economic regulation of railroads, history of rail mergers, history and merger activity of Conrail, and Surface Transportation Board procedures for deciding a merger application. Includes tables

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Rail Mergers

Publisher Number:

CRS-1998-ECN-0192

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