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BL
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700918
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b523107
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| Main Entry
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Winston, Clifford,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Last exit : : privatization and deregulation of the U.S. transportation system /\ Clifford Winston.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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ix, 188 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0815704739 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780815704737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.
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| Contents
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Back to the future to improve U.S. transportation -- Intercity transportation under partial deregulation -- Highways -- Urban transit -- Airports and air traffic control -- Constraints on efficient reforms -- Lessons from deregulation of intercity transportation -- Theory and evidence on the economic effects of privatization -- Privatization experiments -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"Proposes experiments in deregulating and privatizing the country's transportation systems to rid them of inefficiencies and significantly improve their performance in moving goods and people around the United States; the book covers roads, airports and airport traffic control, mass transit, intercity buses and railway networks"--Provided by publisher.
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Transportation and state-- United States.
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Transportation-- Deregulation-- United States.
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Transportation-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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388.0973
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| LC Classification
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HE203.W56 2010
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| Parallel Title
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Privatization and deregulation of the U.S. transportation system
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