Determinants of Profitability Performance: An Analysis of Class I Railroads in the United States

Albert J. Allen, Saleem Shaik, Albert E. Myles and Osei-Agyeman Yeboah

No 98749, 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of internal and external variables on the net profit margins of Class I railroads for the period 1996-2009. Parameter coefficients show that market concentration had a significant and negative impact on the net profit margins of the carriers.

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Pages: 18
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98749

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