Economics and International Liner Services

Economics and International Liner Services

An examination of the system of conferences to control charges by cargo liners. The author concludes that conferences do not maximise profits and that the rate structure is too arbitrary to deter competition; rates based on costs of carriage plus a normal profit would serve the needs of trade much better.

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