00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.861018 CaOODSP 20221107160640 cr ||||||||||| 180822s1981 oncd|||#o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- EC12-4/1981-26E-PDF Hirshhorn, Ronald. Trucking regulation in Canada [electronic resource] : a review of the issues / by Ron Hirshhorn. Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1981. vii, 183, [11] p. : charts. Working paper (Economic Council of Canada) ; No. 26 "December 1981." On cover: Regulation reference. Mandat sur la réglemantation. Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate]. Includes bibliographic references. "This study examines the nature and effects of trucking regulation in Canada. The extensive literature in the field of trucking regulation is drawn upon to help answer questions about the competitive implications of trucking technology, and about the influence of regulation on market structure, prices and costs. The study attempts to sort out contradictions that have arisen due to the fact that for-hire trucking in Canada bears some characteristics both of a competitive and an oligopolistic industry. The role of trucking is examined in relation to rail carriage and new estimates are made of the relative importance of for-hire and private trucking"--Summary, p. vii. Includes summary in French. gccst Trucking industry gccst Regulation Economic Council of Canada. Working paper (Economic Council of Canada) No. 26 (CaOODSP)9.856436 PDF 20.78 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/ecc/EC12-4-1981-26-eng.pdf