摘要: |
The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 (MCA) significantly liberalized economic regulation of interstate motor carriage in the United States. In contrast, the SO states have a variety of different policies in force regarding the regulation of intra-state freight by motor carriage. Some of these states exercise very strict regulation, while others have little or no regulation. The purpose of this study is to show the cost impact of the remaining motor carrier regulation in the states that still impose such regulation, as well as the impacts of such regulation on interstate commerce, i.e., on consumers in states other than the regulating states. The analysis shows that the aggregate national savings from state economic motor carrier deregulation would be $2,863 billion per year (1988 dollars). Most of that savings ($2,252 billion) would accrue in 20 states (the slates where intrastate rates were higher than interstate rates), while the remaining $611 million would be savings in remaining 31 states. Thus while regulated states bear the brunt of state trucking regulation (either from their own state’s regulation or from the effects of regulation in the other 19 states), about 20 percent of the burden of current state motor carrier regulation falls on the other 31 states. This constitutes a burden on interstate commerce. |