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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 30 No. 2 1916

Cost and Value of Service in Railroad Rate-Making

M. O. Lorenz

Washington Center

Abstract

I. General viewpoint of this paper, 205. — II. Preliminary survey of railroad income and outgo, 208. — III. An industry of increasing returns? 209. — Relation of cost to growth of traflfic, 210. — Influence of density of traffic, 214. — Cost of service and value of service as factors in rate-making, 219. — IV. Bridging the gap between theory and practice; review of selected authors, 221. — Launhardt, 222. — Rank, 223. — Talcott, 224. — Shinn, 225. — Erickson, 226. — Millard, 227. — Interstate Commerce Commission's order of 1915, 231.

DOI
10.2307/1884993
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
205
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