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The Traveling Trucker Problem

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  • Treb Allen
  • David Atkin
  • Santiago Cantillo Cleves
  • Carlos Eduardo Hernandez

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This paper documents three new stylized facts showing that truckers in Colombia frequently choose to make complex chains of shipments in a single trip before returning home. It then provides a new model of optimal trucker trip-chaining with a general geography that is consistent with these facts.

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  • Treb Allen & David Atkin & Santiago Cantillo Cleves & Carlos Eduardo Hernandez, 2024. "The Traveling Trucker Problem," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 334-339, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:114:y:2024:p:334-39
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241044
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    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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