التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Competitive Implications of the Rail Rate-to-Cost Ratio for Export Grain Shipments. |
| المؤلفون: |
Hauser, Robert J.1, Grove, K. Lisa2 |
| المصدر: |
Transportation Journal (American Society of Transportation & Logistics Inc). Winter86, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p55-60. 6p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*RAILROADS, *TRANSPORTATION, *SHIPMENT of goods, REVENUE, COMPETITION |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
The article provides an empirical illustration of why rail representatives often argue that the revenue-to-variable-cost is not a meaningful criterion of market dominance. There are, many types of competition facing railroads, inter-and intramodal competition from one origin to one destination; competition among destinations; interregional competition for a market; interproduct competition and others. This analysis attempts to isolate a case where the prevailing type of competition in the short run is simply between rail and barge for one market. The area chosen is the central Illinois region. It is assumed that all of the corn and soybeans available for export-bound shipments in this region is transported to the Gulf by either rail or truck-barge. A deterministic demand model is developed for grain rail shipments based on the boundary line at which on one side the grain is transported by barge and on the other side the grain is transported by rail. The boundary line is found under the assumption that the grain moves from the farm to either a rail loading point or a barge loading point. |
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