Author: Robert Selph Henry
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Published: 2012-06-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781258394011
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Maldwyn Ellis
Publisher:
Published: 2013-03
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781258644062
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Additional Authors Include Herbert O. Brayer, Chester McArthur Destler, Stanley Pargellis, Fred A. Shannon, And Edward C. Kirkland.
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
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Published: 1951
Total Pages: 242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lloyd J. Mercer
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1483257991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Railroads and Land Grant Policy: A Study in Government Intervention attempts to replace a major part of the railroad land grant legend (according to which the granting of federal and state land to private railroad firms benefitted these firms more than it contributed to society as a whole) with some real numbers and analysis. An attempt is made to put the income and wealth distribution impact of the railroad land grants in perspective, but thorough analysis of this issue is not undertaken. The primary question this study does try to illuminate is that of the effect of the railroad land grants on economic efficiency. This emphasis was chosen because it seems clear that improvement of economic efficiency was the major goal that Congress and various state legislatures sought to attain, and thus the examination of economic efficiency questions is fundamental to evaluation of railroad land grant policy. This study will not completely replace the railroad land grant legend (because much is not covered here), but it does represent a considerable diminution of that legend.