Encouraging Cooperation Among Competitors: The Case of Motor Carrier Deregulation and Collective Ratemaking

Collective ratemaking in the motor carrier industry is undoubtedly one of the most poorly understood issues in the literature on economic regulation. While strongly held opinions are commonplace, real knowledge of the collective ratemaking process and of how trucking tariffs are constructed is scarce. William Tye closes this gap in our knowledge with the most comprehensive study yet of the effects of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 on competition on the trucking industry.

WILLIAM B. TYE is a Principal of Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc., an economics and management consulting firm which specializes in antitrust and regulation.