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Information technology and efficiency in trucking

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  • Philippe Barla
  • Denis Bolduc
  • Nathalie Boucher
  • Jonathan Watters

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We develop an econometric model to estimate the impact of Electronic Vehicle Management Systems (EVMS) on the load factor (LF) of heavy trucks. This technology is supposed to improve capacity utilization. The model is estimated on the Quebec subsample of the 1999 National Roadside Survey. The LF is explained as a function of truck, trip, and carrier characteristics. We show that the use of EVMS results in an increase of 16 percentage points of LF on backhaul trips. However, we also find that there is a rebound effect on fronthaul movements, with a reduction of LF by about 7.6 percentage points. Nous estimons un modèle économétrique pour évaluer l'impact des systèmes de gestion électronique des véhicules (SGEV) sur le taux de chargement (TC) des camions lourds. Cette technologie est censée améliorer l'utilisation de la capacité. Le modèle est estimé sur le sous‐échantillon québécois des données de l'enquête nationale routière en bord de route de 1999. Le TC est expliqué en fonction des caractéristiques du camion, du voyage et de l'entreprise de transport. Nous montrons que l'utilisation de SGEV accroit le TC sur le retour d'environ 16 points de pourcentage. Par contre, nous trouvons également un effet rebond sur l'aller avec une réduction de TC d'environ 7.6 points de pourcentage.

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  • Philippe Barla & Denis Bolduc & Nathalie Boucher & Jonathan Watters, 2010. "Information technology and efficiency in trucking," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(1), pages 254-279, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:43:y:2010:i:1:p:254-279
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01571.x
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    5. Zolfagharinia, Hossein & Haughton, Michael A., 2017. "Operational flexibility in the truckload trucking industry," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 437-460.

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    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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