CAPTURE VS COMPROMISE - ENTRY REGULATION OF INTRASTATE TRUCKING

Citation
Cc. Klein et al., CAPTURE VS COMPROMISE - ENTRY REGULATION OF INTRASTATE TRUCKING, Logistics and transportation review, 32(3), 1996, pp. 283-300
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science",Transportation
ISSN journal
00474991
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
283 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-4991(1996)32:3<283:CVC-ER>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The paper examines the process of controlling entry into intrastate tr ucking markets. A sample of 297 applications to the Tennessee Public S ervice Commission for authority over the period 1984-1991 is examined. The results indicate that the Tennessee Public Service Commission lim its entry in a manner that is protective of the incumbent carriers. Th e Commission is more likely to grant authority the more restricted the requested authority. Industry opposition to applications reduces the probability that authority is granted. Finally, the evidence suggests that the Commission may discriminate against the smallest firms in gra nting new authority.