Dominant Mode Price Leadership in Grain Transportation

The theory of dominant firm price leadership is used to explain price and output behavior and equilibrium in rail and truck grain transportation. A very important factor explaining intermodal competition is the slope of the supply function of the competitive fringe, the truck mode. An econometric model was specified and estimated in the case of eastbound wheat shipments from North Dakota.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/downloads/sp-066.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Authors:
  • Wilson, William W
  • Griffin, Gene C
  • Koo, Won W
  • Wilson, Wesley W
• Publication Date: 1984-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Econometric models; Grain; Prices; Railroad transportation; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01844260
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP-66
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2022 9:38AM