MULTIREGIONAL METHODOLOGIES FOR RAILROAD ANALYSES. REPORT NO. 23

The purpose of the report is to describe the current state of the U.S. railroad industry and some of the regional methodologies that could be used to analyze it. Because the multiregional input-output technique permits an interindustry and interregional study of the railroad industry, this methodology was described in the greatest detail.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Economic Development Administration

  Economic Research Division
  Washington, DC  United States  20230

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Crown, W H
  • GALLAGHER, J R
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accounting; Analysis; Econometric models; Econometrics; Economic analysis; Economic development; Economic models; Employment; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Industry structure; Input output models; Linear programming; Prices; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Regional economics; Regions; Traffic forecasting
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques; Cargo transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00327763
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EDA-ERD-80-167
• Contract Numbers: EDA-OER-544-G-79-5, EDA-99-7-13351.4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM