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| Fuller, Stephen W.; Sorenson, L. Orlo; Johnson, Marc A.; Oehrtman, Robert L.. |
| This study examines means of improving efficiency of the transportation portion of the export wheat handling system in the southern Plains. Analysis focuses on the feasibility of restructuring grain handling facilities to accommodate unit train movements to port locations. To accomplish this, a cost-minimizing network flow model was developed. Results show that the alternative transportation systems would have substantial effects on costs, wheat flow patterns and the economic variability of certain members of the grain handling and storage industry. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1981 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32074 |
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| Johnson, Marc A.. |
| Evidence suggests that economists and agricultural economists have an unusual ability to create anxiety for university administration. Interviewers with university provosts and deans revealed support for faculty conducting relevant policy analysis, and discomfort with economists' participation in internal university decision making. The conflict is addressed by considering the nature of the decision environment, specification of decision variables, and the demand for policy evaluation to inform economists how they might contribute their expertise in a peaceful and effective manner. economists can help central administration, as policy makers, to establish systems of incentives, success metrics, and divisions of authority which match the locus of... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Demand for policy analysis; Public policy; University decision making; Public Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7074 |
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