A Further Analysis of Provincial Trucking Regulation
Forcing what is essentially a hyperbolic relationship into a linear regression model can create a "hyperbolic bag." This bag takes on importance if it is systematically related to other variables in the regression model. For the case at hand, it appeared that using a linear model might overstate the effects of regulation on trucking rates because the provinces which regulate rates have either relatively short or relatively long average distances, while those which do not regulate rates have intermediate distances falling at the bottom of such a bag. The regression model was respecified to correct for this problem, and while the respecification appears unimportant, other questions are raised.
REGULATION OF MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION: A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION O POLICY
This study develops a way of using data to measure certain economic effects of transport regulation, particularly the rate effects associated with regulation of the motor carrier industry. The comprehensiveness of regulation in the United States has made cross-section studies of the effects of regulation virtually impossible. However, province-to province differences in regulation in Canada produce statistical information for the for-hire motor truck industry making it possible to estimate the rate levels associated with particular degrees of regulation there. A series of regression equations indicate that trucking charges in Canada have been higher under regulation than in its absence. Extension of the analysis to the for-hire motor trucking industry in the United States, using the more limited data available there, suggests that the same conditions may account for increased motor freight charges of $300 million per annum.
Cultural constraints on the delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention in Ireland.
HIV appeared in Ireland following an opiate epidemic in the early 1980s. Initially, however, the gay community mounted the only response to the spread of the virus while the implementation of early actions by the government was hampered by the constructions of the disease within Irish society. This paper considers the influence of the religious hierarchy in both the development of AIDS policy and in the shaping of public perceptions of the disease and those affected. A qualitative methodology is used to examine the role of such cultural constraints in an evaluation of the social context within which the prevention of HIV infection occurs. Three key issues pertinent to the policy context in Ireland are explored in depth. These are the role of the Catholic Church, the influences on health education programmes, particularly information giving, and the development of services and other interventions. These findings are discussed within the social and political contexts in which health policy is formulated.