TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF RAILROAD MERGERS ON INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

Accession Number:

00455816

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Find a library where document is available


Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309039207

Abstract:

In recent years a merger wave has swept the rail freight industry. An attempt to measure the effects of recent mergers on railroad productivity and performance is described. Specifically, financial performance [return on investment (ROI) and return on equity (ROE)], capacity, operating characteristics, and operating costs are compared for 1978 and 1983. Mergers appear to have produced some benefits, particularly in improved financial performance and reduced operating costs.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Surface Freight Transport Regulation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Railroad productivity

Monograph Accession #:

01419433

Authors:

Grimm, Curtis M
Harris, Robert G

Editors:

Kassabian, Naomi

Pagination:

pp 9-17

Publication Date:

1985

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1029
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309039207

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (11) ; References (10) ; Tables (2)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Capacity

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

May 31 1986 12:00AM

More Articles from this Serial Issue: