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The Impacts of Railroad Transportation Costs on Grain Elevator Handling Margins
Author(s) -
Hanson Steven D.,
Baumhover Stephen B.,
Baumel C. Phillip
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/12.2.255
Subject(s) - elevator , sample (material) , margin (machine learning) , business , agricultural economics , transport engineering , economics , engineering , computer science , chemistry , structural engineering , chromatography , machine learning
A stratified random sample of grain elevators supplied grain bid and transportation cost data. These data are used to analyze the effects of various rail transportation costs on grain elevator handling margins for corn, soybean and wheat. Factors affecting transportation costs such as rail contracts, mileage allowances, and transportation mode are shown to have significant impacts on elevator handling margins and consequently need to be considered in any analysis attempting to explain grain handling margins.