TY - BOOK AU - MacAvoy,Paul W. AU - Snow,John W. TI - Railroad revitalization and regulatory reform SN - 0844732737 AV - HE2757 1977 .R34 U1 - 385 PY - 1977/// CY - Washington PB - American Enterprise Institute KW - Railroads and state KW - Railroad law N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This volume presents a number of background analyses and other documents that underlie the development of the railroad reform proposals. It also presents papers that deal with the effort to implement the reform provisions in the 4R Act. Specifically, part one presents an overview of the problems in the rail industry and a discussion of the effect of regulation on the industry. Part two deals with some of the basic issues that arose in connection with the debate over deregulation of the railroads. Part three deals with the problem of implementing the reform elements in the 4R Act. The 4R Act contains the promise of a major reduction of economic regulation of the rail industry ER -