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Working Papers

2024

1. The Economic Impact of the Proposed Bunge-Viterra (BV) Merger on the Grain Sector in Western Canada: A Preliminary Assessment
   Miscellaneous Publications, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics

2022

2. Plane to see? Empirical Analysis of the 1999-2006 Air Cargo Cartel
   Miscellaneous Publications, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics
   See also Chapter Plane to See? Empirical Analysis of the 1999–2006 Air Cargo Cartel, Advances in Airline Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Agent-Based Modelling for the Adoption of Beneficial Water Management Practices in Eastern Canada - a Case of the Cost-Share Program in Agri-Environmental Policy Design
   2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2020

4. Parallel or converging? A comparative analysis of the grain and rail transportation systems in Canada and the United States
   Miscellaneous Publications, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics View citations (2)

2019

5. Measuring rail market power in wheat transportation
   Miscellaneous Publications, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics View citations (1)

2018

6. Market Power with Capacity and Commitment: An Experimental Exploration
   2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2017

7. An Agent Based Simulation of Farm Succession and Farmland Valuation
   7th Annual Canadian Agri-Food Policy Conference, January 11-13, 2017, Ottawa, ON, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society

2016

8. Modeling the Optimal Strategies for Mitigating Genetically Modified (GM) Wheat Contamination Risks
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2014

9. Evaluating the Consequences of Second Generation Bioenergy Crops on a Grain/Livestock Economy: An Example of the Canadian Prairies
   Miscellaneous Publications, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics
10. Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics
    See also Journal Article Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2013

11. PR - An Agent-based Simulation Model Of Western Canadian Prairie Agricultural Structural Change
    19th Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013, International Farm Management Association

2009

12. Price Dynamics and Market Structure in Transportation: For-Hire Grain Trucking Along the Alberta- Saskatchewan Border
    50th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Portland, Oregon, March 16-18, 2009, Transportation Research Forum View citations (1)

2006

13. Subsidization of the Biofuel Industry: Security vs. Clean Air?
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

14. Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2002, Society for Computational Economics
    See also Chapter Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2003) (2003)

2000

15. Open or Closed? Access and the Regulatory Future of the Canadian Rail Industry
    42nd Annual Transportation Research Forum, Annapolis, Maryland, November 29-December 1, 2000, Transportation Research Forum

Journal Articles

2023

1. Assessing the consequences of second-generation bioenergy crops for grain/livestock farming on the Canadian prairies: An agent-based simulation
   Journal of Simulation, 2023, 17, (2), 149-163 View citations (1)
2. Buy, sell or rent the farm: succession planning and the future of farming on the Great Plains
   Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2023, 18, (3), 627-669

2022

3. Agent-based modeling of policy induced agri-environmental technology adoption
   SN Business & Economics, 2022, 2, (8), 1-26
4. Exit Decisions in the Canadian Grain Elevator Industry
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2022, 22, (1), 1-19

2021

5. Assessing the food vs. fuel issue: An agent-based simulation
   Energy Policy, 2021, 159, (C)
6. Plant location decisions in the ethanol industry: a dynamic and spatial analysis
   Computational Economics, 2021, 58, (1), 103-132

2019

7. Modelling testing mechanism for mitigating genetically modified wheat contamination risks
   International Journal of Production Research, 2019, 57, (2), 582-598 View citations (3)

2017

8. Grain Transportation Policy Reform in Western Canada
   Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2017, 65, (4), 643-665 View citations (5)
9. Pass the Salt: Markets for Grain Shipping on the Great Lakes
   Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2017, 56, (2)

2016

10. Examining the effects of absorptive capacity and social capital on the adoption of agricultural innovations: A Canadian Prairie case study
    Agricultural Systems, 2016, 145, (C), 127-138 View citations (25)
11. Simulating Contestability in Freight Transportation: The Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2016, 50, (4), 325--349
12. Supply chain complexity and risk mitigation – A hybrid optimization–simulation model
    International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, 179, (C), 228-238 View citations (13)

2015

13. Agricultural supply chain optimization and complexity: A comparison of analytic vs simulated solutions and policies
    International Journal of Production Economics, 2015, 159, (C), 208-220 View citations (23)
14. Canada’s Grain Handling and Transportation System: A GIS-based Evaluation of Potential Policy Changes
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2015, 54, (3)
15. Grain Handling and Transportation Policy in Canada: Implications for the United States
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2015, 30, (3), 7 View citations (4)
16. Identifying Strategies to Mitigate Handling Risks in the Canadian Grain Supply Chain
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2015, 63, (1), 101-128 View citations (10)
17. Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015, 40, (2), 17 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector, Staff Papers (2014) (2014)

2014

18. Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis, edited by Cathal O'Donoghue, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, and Karyn Morrissey. 2013. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Heidelberg, Germany and New York: Springer. 264 + xv. ISBN: 978–3–642–30025–7, $129 (cloth); ISBN: 978–3–642–30026–4, $99 (ebook)
    Journal of Regional Science, 2014, 54, (2), 343-344

2013

19. Comparing non-parametric to parametric interaction terms in generalised additive models: production technology in the Canadian cable television industry
    International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2013, 5, (3), 229-251 View citations (1)
20. Man vs. manure: Examining the effects of residential demand on dairy farming in rural America
    Agricultural Systems, 2013, 115, (C), 129-136
21. Measuring Spatial and Temporal Market Structure in a Transportation Sector: For-hire Grain Trucking on the Alberta-Saskatchewan Border in Canada
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2013, 52, (3)

2012

22. Outstanding in the Field: Evaluating Auction Markets for Farmland Using Multi-Agent Simulation
    Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2012, 15, (1), 11 View citations (6)
23. The Estey Review’s Contribution to Transportation Policy
    Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2012, 13, (2), 20 View citations (3)

2010

24. Productivity and Deregulation in the Canadian For‐Hire Trucking Industry, 1985‐1996
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2010, 49, (3)
25. What Constitutes Prior Publication? An Editorial Opinion
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2010, 58, (1), 1-3

2009

26. An Agent‐Based Simulation Model of Structural Change in Canadian Prairie Agriculture, 1960–2000
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2009, 57, (4), 537-554 View citations (13)
27. An Overview of Computational Modeling in Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2009, 57, (4), 417-429 View citations (29)

2008

28. Assessing Producer Stated Preferences for Identity Preservation in the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2008, 56, (3), 243-256
29. Spatial competition and regulatory change in the grain handling and transportation system in western Canada
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2008, 42, (4), 929-944 View citations (5)

2007

30. Assessing the Effects of Road Pricing on an Industry: The Grain Handling and Transportation System in Saskatchewan
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2007, 46, (3) View citations (1)

2005

31. Genetically modified crops and agricultural landscapes: spatial patterns of contamination
    Ecological Economics, 2005, 53, (3), 387-401 View citations (26)
32. Small Market Air Service and Regional Policy
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2005, 39, (3), 363-378 View citations (21)

2004

33. Agro-terrorism and the Grain Handling Systems in Canada and the United States
    CAFRI: Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, 2004, (5), 12
34. Assessing the impact of economic liberalization across countries: a comparison of dairy industry efficiency in Canada and the USA
    Applied Economics, 2004, 36, (11), 1233-1243 View citations (10)

2003

35. September 11 and the World Airline Financial Crisis
    Transport Reviews, 2003, 24, (2), 239-255 View citations (2)
36. Unintended and persistent consequences of regulation: The case of cable television provision in Canada
    Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2003, 4, (4), 391-411

2002

37. An Update on Regulatory Change in the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation Industry
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2002, 50, (1), 85-98 View citations (2)
38. Identifying and measuring public policy goals: ISTEA and the US bus transit industry
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002, 48, (3), 291-304 View citations (21)
39. Measuring the Impact of Regulation: A Study of Canadian Basic Cable Television
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2002, 21, (3), 231-249

2001

40. Competitive Access: The Next Step for the Canadian Rail Industry?
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2001, 40, (2)
41. Measuring efficiency in the public sector using nonparametric frontier estimators: a study of transit agencies in the USA
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (7), 913-922 View citations (13)
42. Open skies and open gates
    Transportation, 2001, 28, (2), 119-135 View citations (2)
43. Productivity and Efficiency Changes Among Mid-Sized Transit
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2001, 40, (01)

1999

44. A Model to Measure the Economic Effects of Prairie Rail Line Abandonment on Grain Transportation
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1999, 47, (4), 481-481
45. Competitive Access in the Canadian Rail Industry
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1999, 47, (4), 480-480

Chapters

2024

1. Starting FROM the Backhaul: Evaluating the Effects of COVID-19 on Airline Traffic Flows
   A chapter in Airlines and the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2024, vol. 11, pp 319-339

2022

2. Introduction and Overview of the International Air Cargo Industry: A Modal Analysis
   A chapter in The International Air Cargo Industry, 2022, vol. 9, pp 1-8
3. Plane to See? Empirical Analysis of the 1999–2006 Air Cargo Cartel
   A chapter in The International Air Cargo Industry, 2022, vol. 9, pp 241-262
   See also Working Paper Plane to see? Empirical Analysis of the 1999-2006 Air Cargo Cartel, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics (2022) (2022)

2014

4. International Mergers and Acquisitions in the Airline Industry
   A chapter in The Economics of International Airline Transport, 2014, vol. 4, pp 127-150

2003

5. Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry
   Chapter 8 in Innovations in Financial and Economic Networks, 2003, pp 169-194
   See also Working Paper Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry, Society for Computational Economics (2002) (2002)