Grain export elevators: An economies of size analysis

Magid A. Dagher and Lynn W. Robbins
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Magid A. Dagher: Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Postal: Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Lynn W. Robbins: Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Postal: Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Agribusiness, 1987, vol. 3, issue 2, pages 169-178

Abstract: An economic engineering approach was used to investigate physical economies of size in port elevators. Results confirmed that physical economies of size do exist. Comparisons with operating port elevators indicate that either engineered configurations are overly constraining or non-physical variables influence size decisions.

Date: 1987
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