LIST OF TABLES


Table Page

 1. Total claims paid by motor common carriers
 of general freight................................ 14


 2. Net loss and damage costs of motor common
 carriers of general freight....................... 14


 3. Carrier responses to March and June
 1983 survey................... .................. .. 21


 4. Rate estimation equations dependent variable:
 truckload freight rate........................... 25











 LIST OF FIGURES


 Figure

 1. Flat, linear, and tapering rate -distance
 relationships..................................... 6


 2. Representation of price discrimination
 resulting from rate tapers across distance......... 8