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The Advantage of Size in the U.S. Trucking Industry: An Application of the Survivor Technique

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  • Emerson, Carol J.
  • Grimm, Curtis M.
  • Corsi, Thomas M.

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  • Emerson, Carol J. & Grimm, Curtis M. & Corsi, Thomas M., 1991. "The Advantage of Size in the U.S. Trucking Industry: An Application of the Survivor Technique," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1990s 319079, Transportation Research Forum.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndtr90:319079
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319079
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    1. Theodore E. Keeler., 1989. "Deregulation and Scale Economies in the U. S. Trucking Industry: An Econometric Extension of the Survivor Principle," Economics Working Papers 89-100, University of California at Berkeley.
    2. Leonard W. Weiss, 1964. "The Survival Technique and the Extent of Suboptimal Capacity," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 72(3), pages 246-246.
    3. Keeler, Theodore E, 1989. "Deregulation and Scale Economies in the U.S. Trucking Industry: An Econometric Extension of the Survivor Principle," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 32(2), pages 229-253, October.
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