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Q2 Z2,(Q2) Z2(Q2) - Institute for Water Resources - U.S. Army

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

LIST OF FIGURES<br />

• LIST OF TABLES<br />

CONTENTS<br />

page<br />

Chapter<br />

I. INTRODUCTION 1<br />

II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION 6<br />

Theoretical Studies of Transportation 6<br />

Empirical Studies of Freight Transportation 12<br />

III. THE TWO-MARKET MULTI-MODE TRANSPORTATION MODEL 36<br />

Geometrical Development of the Concepts 36<br />

Transportation Associated Costs 46<br />

Time Costs 47<br />

Situation I: Consumer Ownership 47<br />

Situation II: Producer Ownership 50<br />

Other Situations 51<br />

Other Associated Costs and the Transportation<br />

Supply Curve 51<br />

Feeder Line and Interface Costs 52<br />

Qualitative Analysis of the Two-Mode Two-Market Model 54<br />

APPENDIX A TO CHAPTER III 60<br />

The Elasticity of the Derived Demand <strong>for</strong> Transpor-<br />

tation 60<br />

APPENDIX B TO CHAPTER III 65<br />

The Elasticity of Mode Two's Average Revenue Curve 65<br />

APPENDIX C TO CHAPTER III 70<br />

The Two-Market Multi-Mode Transportation Model:<br />

The Monopolistic Case • 70<br />

The Two-Mode Model 70<br />

Parametric Associated Costs 72<br />

*Endogenous Associated Costs <strong>for</strong> the Monopolistic<br />

Mode 75<br />

IV. ESTIMATION OF THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION 79<br />

The Estimating Model 79<br />

Empirical Results - The Rate Equations 82<br />

iii

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