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The Determinants of Full‐Empty Truck Movements
Author(s) -
Beilock Richard,
Kilmer Richard L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1241650
Subject(s) - truck , movement (music) , range (aeronautics) , motor carrier , business , engineering , automotive engineering , philosophy , aerospace engineering , aesthetics
A model is developed to explain full‐empty movement decisions for motor carriers. The model is estimated for movements to Florida of carriers serving the Florida produce/ornamentals industry. The results indicate that carriers act rationally, basing their decisions on a wide range of factors. The findings also suggest that regulatory restrictions continue to result in unnecessary empty movements.