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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806971803321

Autore

Bonsor N. C. <1944->

Titolo

Transportation rates and economic development in Northern Ontario / / N. C. Bonsor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : Published for the Ontario Economic Council by University of Toronto Press, , 1977

©1977

ISBN

1-4426-3391-3

1-4426-3223-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Ontario Economic Council Research Studies ; ; 7

Disciplina

380.5/2

Soggetti

Transportation - Rates - Ontario

Freight and freightage - Rates - Ontario

Electronic books.

Ontario Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Freight rates in Canada : an overview -- The theoretical model -- An analysis of transportation freight rates -- Subsidies and regulation -- Transportation costs and northern Ontario economic development -- Appendices -- A. Description of data and sources -- B. The impact of statutory grain rates on the rate structure.

Sommario/riassunto

A study which concentrated on deriving the absolute and comparative disadvantages due to transportation costs on producer locations in non-central regions.