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IN DEFENSE OF THE LONG-HAUL/SHORT-HAUL DISCRIMINATION
Discriminatory pricing by railroads may be better than marginal cost pricing with a subsidy of the resulting losses, since it gives the railroad correct incentives for deciding what rail lines to build. The argument, applied to long-haul/short-haul discrimination, shows that its prohibition may lead to nonoptimal construction decisions.