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Determinants of rail productivity in the 20th century

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Wills-Johnson, Nick
Mills, J.
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2008
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Mills, John and Wills-Johnson, Nick. 2008. Determinants of rail productivity in the 20th century, in Proceedings of the 30th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR), Dec 10-12 2008. Perth, WA: The University of Western Australia Business School.
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Proceedings of the 30th annual CAITR conference
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The 30th conference of Australian institutes of transport research (CAITR)
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Curtin Business School
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Productivity growth in Australia's railways through the 20th Century was neither smooth nor uniformly positive. It was static or falling for much of the century, before increasin grapidly with dieselisation and the rise of minerals traffic. This paper uses regression analysis to develop an understanding of the factors which drove productivity growth throughout the 20th Century, using a unique dataset developed at the Centre for Researchin Applied Economics at Curtin University. It aims not only to understand the growth of rail in the 20th Century, but also to provide lessons for policymakers about what can assistit in continuing to grow in the 21st.