Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dlnhk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T13:32:23.242Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Explaining Truck Rate Variations for Produce Shipped to the Northeast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Richard Beilock ,
John H. Koburger  and
Jeffrey P. Morgan
Richard Beilock
Affiliation:
The Food and Resource Economics Department of the University of Florida
John H. Koburger
Affiliation:
The Food and Resource Economics Department of the University of Florida
Jeffrey P. Morgan
Affiliation:
The Food and Resource Economics Department of the University of Florida
Get access

Abstract

Models are developed to examine the determinants of weekly truck rates for produce shipped to the Northeast from California and Florida. In the empirical work, a large proportion of the variation in rates is explained and the estimated parameters are generally consistent with a priori expectations. The total quantity of produce shipped from each state, the proportion of this total which is compatible with the commodity in question, and the F.O.B. price if the commodity were found to be the most important determinants of truck rate levels. Fuel costs have a surprisingly weak influence, at least in the short run, and for Florida origin commodities the truck rate-fuel cost relationship appears to have weakened over the 1979–1983 sample period.

Type
Articles
Information
Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , April 1984 , pp. 25 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Footnotes

The helpful comments of Dr. James Dunn, Penn. State University, are gratefully acknowledged.

References

Beilock, R. “Value of Service Pricing in Unregulated Trucking Markets,” Unpublished manuscript, 1983.Google Scholar
Beilock, R., Comer, D., and Butler, V. “An Assessment of the Impacts of the 1983 Independent Truckers’ Strike on the Florida Produce Industry.” Unpublished manuscript, 1983.Google Scholar
Beilock, R., and Fletcher, G. “Exempt Agricultural Commodity Hauler in Florida.” Proceedings Transportation Research Forum 24(1983): 444–50.Google Scholar
Beilock, R., and Shonkwiler, S. “Modeling Weekly Truck Rates for Perishables,” SJAE 15(1983): 83–87.Google Scholar
Benishay, H., and Whitaker, G. Jr. “Demand and Supply in Freight Transportation.” J. Indust. Econ. 14(1966): 243–62.Google Scholar
Binkley, J., and Harrar, B. “Major Determinants of Ocean Freight Rates for Grains: An Economic Analysis.” AJAE 63(1981): 47–57.Google Scholar
Boles, P. “Owner-Operator Costs of Hauling Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Refrigerated Trucks.” USDA-ESCS Rpt. ESCS-82, July 1980.Google Scholar
Christensen, R. “Some Factors Affecting the Future of Beef Production in New England.” JNAEC 11(1982): 121–23.Google Scholar
De Vany and Saving. “Product Quality, Uncertainty, and Regulation.” American Economic Review 67(1977): 583–594.Google Scholar
Dunn, J. “The Effect of Higher Energy Prices on the Competitive Position of Northeast Agriculture.” JNAEC 10(1981): 83–86.Google Scholar
Federal-State Market News Service. “Florida Shipment Report: Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.” Federal-State Market News Service, 1979–1983 (weekly).Google Scholar
Ferguson, W., and Glorfeld, L. “Modeling the Present Motor Carrier Rate Structure as a Benchmark for Pricing in the New Competitive Environment,” Transportation Journal 21(1981): 59–66.Google Scholar
Helmberger, P., Campbell, G., and Dobson, W. “Organization and Performance of Agricultural Markets” In Martin, L. (ed.) A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, University of Minnesota Press, 3 (1981): 503–624.Google Scholar
Household Goods Carriers Bureau, “Monthly Diesel Fuel Survey,” Household Carriers Bureau, Cost Analysis Section, 1983.Google Scholar
Johnson, M. “Current and Developing Issues in Interregional Competition and Agricultural Transportation.” SJAE 13(1981): 59–67.Google Scholar
Kmenta, J. Elements of Econometrics. New York, McMillan, 1971.Google Scholar
Miklius, W. “Estimating the Demand for Truck and Rail Transportation: A Case Study of California Lettuce.” Apr. Econ. Res. 19(1967): 46–50.Google Scholar
Pavlovic, K. et al. Domestic Transportation for Florida Perishable Produce. Transportation Research Center, University of Florida, 1980.Google Scholar
Perkins, M. A Truck Freight Model. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Transportation Studies Rpt. 80–15, June 1980.Google Scholar
USDA. “Fresh Fruit and Vegetable and Ornamental Crops: Weekly Summary-Shipments and Unloads.” A.M.S., 1979–1983a (weekly).Google Scholar
USDA. “Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report.” A.M.S., 1979–1983b (weekly).Google Scholar