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Some Evidence of Subsidization: the U.S. Trucking Industry, 1900–1920

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Anthony F. Herbst  and
Joseph S. K. Wu
Anthony F. Herbst
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Joseph S. K. Wu
Affiliation:
Taiship Company, Ltd.
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This paper is concerned with the rapid growth of the trucking industry during the period 1900 to 1920. Our purpose is to examine the frequently asserted proposition that motor trucking was able to grow rapidly in competition with a well-established railroad industry because of the hidden subsidy provided by public expenditures on highways. Though this is a popularly held notion there has been little empirical evidence presented to support or refute it.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 1973 , pp. 417 - 433
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1973

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1 Some of the figures for the early years are undoubtedly based on estimates: New York was the first state to require vehicle registration (1901), and Arizona the last (1912). Source of data is U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, U.S. Department of Commerce, Highway Transportation (Woods Hole, Mass.: National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, 1960).Google ScholarPubMed

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