Analyzing the determinants of freight shippers' behavior: Own account versus purchased transport in Andalusia

Previous work in the demand for freight transportation has focused in the rail-truck substitution problem, leaving aside the prior own-account versus third-party trade-off, often found in transportation decision-making. The purpose of this paper is to analyze shippers' behaviour relative to this question, paying particular attention to whether the decision to use a private form of transport is taken on a short term or on a medium term horizon. In order to provide a quantitative evaluation, as an illustrative case, the models developed are tested on data gathered by means of a sample survey conducted at Andalusian enterprises belonging to the food industry. (A)

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• Authors:
  • BORRA, C
  • PALMA, L
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 339-60
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Transport Economics
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 3
  • ISSN: 0391-8440
  • Serial URL: http://www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=67

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Freight transportation; Mathematical analysis; Railroad transportation; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 2248: Decision process; 1112: Freight transport; 1236: Lorry; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8105: Spain
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01018186
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 2 2006 8:12AM