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The Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as Grain Transport Arteries: A Spatial Mapping Equilibrium Analysis

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  • Fellin, Luis
  • Fuller, Stephen
  • Kruse, John
  • Meyer, Seth D.
  • Womack, Abner

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Spatial models representing the international grain economy are developed to estimate the annual contribution of the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Midwest grain producer revenues and to evaluate alternate grain routing necessitated by a catastrophic event at Lock and Dam 27 near St. Louis. Several scenarios are constructed to consider grain load capacity constraints in combination with alternative rail rate increases. The analysis suggests the annual value of the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers for grain transport ranges from $229 million to $806 million.

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  • Fellin, Luis & Fuller, Stephen & Kruse, John & Meyer, Seth D. & Womack, Abner, 2008. "The Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as Grain Transport Arteries: A Spatial Mapping Equilibrium Analysis," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 47(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndjtrf:206912
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206912
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    2. Yu, T. Edward & Sharma, Bijay & English, Burton C., 2016. "Determinants of Lock Delays on the Upper Mississippi River: A Spatial Econometrics Approach," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 236257, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    5. T. Edward Yu & Bijay P. Sharma & Burton C. English, 2019. "Investigating Lock Delay on the Upper Mississippi River: a Spatial Panel Analysis," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 275-291, March.

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