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Grain Exporting Economics: Port Elevator Cost Simulations

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  • Dagher, Magid A.
  • Reynolds, Bruce J.
  • Robbins, Lynn W.

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A major challenge for cooperatives involved in grain exporting has been to achieve adequate economies of size to be competitive while maintaining the flexibility to operate in a business that is also highly cyclical. Significant economies of size are often attributed to grain exporting, but until recently empirical estimation has been lacking. An economic-engineering technique is used to simulate cost curves for port elevators over a range of capacities. These results are used to construct longrun costs for identifying the economies and diseconomies of size. The simulation model is also applied to economies in the short run. An example is developed that uses simulation for managerial decisions when operating with excess port elevator capacity.

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  • Dagher, Magid A. & Reynolds, Bruce J. & Robbins, Lynn W., 1986. "Grain Exporting Economics: Port Elevator Cost Simulations," Research Reports 312997, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:urdbrr:312997
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312997
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    1. Borst, Alan D., 1990. "Guide for Prospective Agricultural Cooperative Exporters," Research Reports 279809, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.

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