Deregulation

K. R. Feinberg, Deregulation of the Transportation Industry, Practicing Law Institute, Washington, D.C., Mar. 30—31,1981. Course handbook compilation of papers on transport deregulation and its effects. 

Efficiency became the watchword after deregulation. With competition opened up to all comers, the airlines fought hard to make money by cutting costs and increasing productivity. Coupled with an unexpected crisis in the supply of fuel in 1979, there was an industrywide effort to acquire the latest, most efficient equipment using the latest engine technology. 

Hirsh, R. F. (1999). Power Loss The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility Systenr. Cambridge, MA MIT Press. 

The opportunities and threats of the 1990s and for the foreseeable future are related to competition and deregulation. The challenge for utilities will be to produce electric power as cheaply as possible while still complying with environmental regulations. 

Bclzcr, M. II. (2000). Sweatshops on Wheels Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation. New York Oxford University Press. 

Tn 1985, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) began a series of regulatory actions designed to improve the competitiveness of the natural gas market and give the customers of interstate pipeline companies more seiwice options and thus allow ultimate consumers to benefit from deregulation of wellhead prices. 

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