Author: Lloyd J. Mercer
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483257991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.
Railroads and Land Grant Policy
Author: Lloyd J. Mercer
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483257991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483257991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.
Railway Land Grants in the United States
Author: Elisha H. Talbott
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Policy of Railroad Land Grants
Author: Edward Thomas Peters
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways
Author: John Bell Sanborn
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Regulations Governing Military Transportation Over Land-grant and Bonded Railroads, and the Settlement of Accounts for Such Service
Railroad Land Grants
Author: William Wright Baldwin
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad grants
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad grants
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Development of Railway Land Subsidy Policy in the United States
Author: John Bell Rae
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This text reviews the adoption, administration, and termination of the Federal railroad land grant policy. Two types of railroad grants are analyzed, those to the states and those to corporations. It outlines the conflicts that arose with other land policies and suggests that a major flaw in the policy was inadequate provisions for administration.
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This text reviews the adoption, administration, and termination of the Federal railroad land grant policy. Two types of railroad grants are analyzed, those to the states and those to corporations. It outlines the conflicts that arose with other land policies and suggests that a major flaw in the policy was inadequate provisions for administration.
The Railroad Land Grant Legend in American History Texts
Author: Robert Selph Henry
Publisher:
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Category : Land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Congressional Grants of Land in Aid of Railways
Author: John Bell Sanborn
Publisher: Ayer Publishing
ISBN: 9780405138140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Ayer Publishing
ISBN: 9780405138140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Railroads, Lands, and Politics
Author: Leslie Edward Decker
Publisher: Providence : Brown University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Includes information on the Central Pacific Railroad, homestead law and homesteaders, Kansas Pacific Railroad, lobbyists, Northern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Railway Commission of 1887, immigrants, population expansion, Santa Fe Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, etc.
Publisher: Providence : Brown University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Includes information on the Central Pacific Railroad, homestead law and homesteaders, Kansas Pacific Railroad, lobbyists, Northern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Railway Commission of 1887, immigrants, population expansion, Santa Fe Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, etc.