Details about Wesley W. Wilson

Homepage:	http://blogs.uoregon.edu/wwilson
Phone:	541 521 3360
Postal address:	Department of Economics Prince Lucien Campbell Hall Rm. 435 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1285
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of Oregon, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2021

1. Publishing Economics: How Slow? Why Slow? Is Slow Productive? Fixing Slow?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (3)

2020

2. Is Scholarly Refereeing Productive (at the Margin)?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (23)

2018

3. Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Economically Efficient Composition of Rural Infrastructure Investment
   Issue Reports, Farm Foundation View citations (1)

2012

5. Are all trade policies created equal? empirical evidence for nonequivalent market power effects of tariffs and quotas
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

2010

6. Are All Trade Protection Policies Created Equal? Empirical Evidence for Nonequivalent Market Power Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Are all trade protection policies created equal? Empirical evidence for nonequivalent market power effects of tariffs and quotas, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (14) (2013)

2007

7. Trade Policy and Market Power: The Case of the US Steel Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2006

8. New Measures of Port Efficiency Using International Trade Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2005

9. Foreign Subsidization and Excess Capacity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Foreign subsidization and excess capacity, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (26) (2010)
10. PROTEIN DEMAND IN HARD WHEATS
    Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics View citations (1)
11. Wages in Rail Markets: Deregulation, Mergers, and Changing Network Characteristics
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in UGPTI Department Publication, North Dakota State University, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Wages in Rail Markets: Deregulation, Mergers, and Changing Networks Characteristics, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2003) (2003)

2003

12. Industry Costs and Consolidation: Efficiency Gains and Mergers in the Railroad Industry
    MPC Reports, North Dakota State University, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Industry costs and consolidation: efficiency gains and mergers in the U.S. railroad industry, Review of Industrial Organization, Springer (2007) View citations (13) (2007)

2002

13. PARTICIPATION AND LEARNING IN AUCTIONS: BIDDING DECISIONS IN EGYPTIAN OILSEED AUCTIONS
    Staff Papers, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
14. Tariff-jumping FDI and Domestic Firms' Profits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers, University of Oregon Economics Department (2002)
    University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers, University of Oregon Economics Department (2002)
    See also Journal Article Tariff-jumping FDI and domestic firms' profits, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2004) View citations (18) (2004)
    Chapter Tariff-Jumping FDI and Domestic Firms’ Profits, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

1998

15. DEREGULATION AND INNOVATION IN RAILROAD SHIPPING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: 1972-1995
    AE Series, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics View citations (1)

1989

16. Information Asymmetries in Cherry Markets
    WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995), Western Agricultural Economics Association

1987

17. Intermodal Competition and Pricing in Grain Transportation: A Description and Comparison of Methods
    Agricultural Economics Reports, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

1985

18. Interstate Commerce commission regulation of motor carriers operating in the state of WAshington: An historical perspective
    Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1980s, Transportation Research Forum

1984

19. Characteristics and Costs of Operation of North Dakota's Farm Trucks
    Agricultural Economics Reports, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics View citations (1)
20. Dominant Mode Price leadership in grain transportation
    Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1980s, Transportation Research Forum

1982

21. Changing Costs and characteristics of operating motor carriers: A case study of grain trucking firms in North Dakota
    Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1980s, Transportation Research Forum
22. Costs and Characteristics of Operating Interstate Motor Carriers of Grain in North Dakota
    Agricultural Economics Reports, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Publishing Economics: How Slow? Why Slow? Is Slow Productive? How to Fix Slow?
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62, (1), 269-93 View citations (5)

2023

2. Changes in rail rates for U.S. commodity grain shipments over time
   Research in Transportation Economics, 2023, 102, (C) View citations (1)

2022

3. Exit Decisions in the Canadian Grain Elevator Industry
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2022, 22, (1), 1-19
4. Price Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2022, 65, (S1), S155 - S190 View citations (1)

2021

5. Economic Inquiry 2020 Editor’s Report
   Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59, (4), 1748-1756

2020

6. CONSUMER PROTECTION ECONOMICS SYMPOSIUM
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (4), 1551-1554
7. ENVIRONMENTALISM, STIMULUS, AND INEQUALITY REDUCTION THROUGH INDUSTRIAL POLICY: DID CASH FOR CLUNKERS ACHIEVE THE TRIFECTA?
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (3), 1109-1128 View citations (1)
8. LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA AND ITS EFFECTS: AN INTRODUCTION
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (2), 545-546
9. The Economic Impact of Seaport and Other Infrastructure Investments and Leakages: A Literature Review
   Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2020, 54, (4), 219--243
10. Trade, transport costs and trade imbalances: An empirical examination of international markets and backhauls
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2020, 53, (2), 592-636 View citations (9)

2019

11. Economic Inquiry 2018 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (4), 2184-2190

2018

12. Economic Inquiry 2017 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2018, 56, (4), 2242-2248
13. Governance Structure and Exit: Evidence from California Hospitals
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, 53, (1), 31-55 View citations (3)

2017

14. Economic Inquiry 2016 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55, (4), 2031-2037

2016

15. Economic Inquiry 2015 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54, (4), 1985-1991
16. Freight Rail Costing and Regulation: The Uniform Rail Costing System
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2016, 49, (2), 229-261 View citations (10)
17. Modernizing U.S. Freight Rail Regulation
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2016, 49, (2), 133-159 View citations (3)
18. The Staggers Act at 35: Railroad Economics and Regulation
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2016, 49, (2), 127-131

2015

19. Agricultural Transportation by Rail: Consolidation, Competition and Fuel Prices
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2015, 30, (3), 7
20. Economic Inquiry 2014 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (4), 1931-1939
21. Market power in transportation: Spatial equilibrium under Bertrand competition
    Economics of Transportation, 2015, 4, (1), 7-15 View citations (2)
22. Telephony choices and the evolution of cell phones
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2015, 48, (1), 1-25

2014

23. Economic Inquiry 2013 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52, (4), 1543-1549
24. Firm Growth and Market Concentration in Liner Shipping
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2014, 48, (1), 171-187 View citations (5)

2013

25. 2012 Editor's Report
    Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, (4), 2131-2136
26. Antidumping and Production-Line Exit: The Case of the US Steel Industry
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2013, 42, (4), 395-413 View citations (2)
27. Are all trade protection policies created equal? Empirical evidence for nonequivalent market power effects of tariffs and quotas
    Journal of International Economics, 2013, 89, (2), 369-378 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Are All Trade Protection Policies Created Equal? Empirical Evidence for Nonequivalent Market Power Effects of Tariffs and Quotas, Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
28. Book Review
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2013, 52, (01)
29. Introduction: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2013, 43, (1), 3-6 View citations (2)
30. Maritime Policy & Management: a symposium commemorating 40 years of maritime research
    Maritime Policy & Management, 2013, 40, (7), 615-617 View citations (1)
31. The growth and patterns of international trade
    Maritime Policy & Management, 2013, 40, (7), 618-635 View citations (4)
32. Voting, Regulation, and the Railroad Industry: An Analysis of Private and Public Interest Voting Patterns
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2013, 43, (1), 21-39 View citations (1)

2012

33. Impacts of new routes and ports on spatial competition for containerized imports into the United States
    Maritime Policy & Management, 2012, 39, (5), 479-501 View citations (5)

2010

34. Foreign subsidization and excess capacity
    Journal of International Economics, 2010, 80, (2), 200-211 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Foreign Subsidization and Excess Capacity, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2009

35. Protein and the demand for hard wheats
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009, 53, (2), 19 View citations (1)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009, 53, (2), 285-303 (2009) View citations (1)

2008

36. Compensation, Unionization, and Deregulation in the Motor Carrier Industry
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2008, 51, (1), 153-177 View citations (3)
37. Estimation on stated-preference experiments constructed from revealed-preference choices
    Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2008, 42, (3), 191-203 View citations (77)
38. Port Efficiency and Trade Flows*
    Review of International Economics, 2008, 16, (1), 21-36 View citations (83)
39. SPATIAL COMPETITION, PRICING, AND MARKET POWER IN TRANSPORTATION: A DOMINANT FIRM MODEL*
    Journal of Regional Science, 2008, 48, (2), 367-397 View citations (6)

2007

40. A Hedonic Cost Function Approach to Estimating Railroad Costs
    Research in Transportation Economics, 2007, 20, (1), 69-95 View citations (2)
41. Industry costs and consolidation: efficiency gains and mergers in the U.S. railroad industry
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2007, 30, (2), 81-105 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Industry Costs and Consolidation: Efficiency Gains and Mergers in the Railroad Industry, MPC Reports (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
42. Market Adjustments over Transportation Networks: A Time Series Analysis of Grain Movements on the Mississippi Inland Waterway System
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2007, 41, (2), 149-171 View citations (2)
43. Spatially Generated Transportation Demands
    Research in Transportation Economics, 2007, 20, (1), 97-118 View citations (2)

2006

44. Network Pricing: Service Differentials, Scale Economies, and Vertical Exclusion in Railroad Markets
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2006, 40, (2), 255-277 View citations (3)

2005

45. Leading Transportation Indicators: Forecasting Waterborne Commerce Statistics Using Lock Performance Data
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2005, 44, (2) View citations (1)

2004

46. Tariff-jumping FDI and domestic firms' profits
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (3), 656-677 View citations (18)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2004, 37, (3), 656-677 (2004) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Tariff-jumping FDI and Domestic Firms' Profits, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
    Chapter Tariff-Jumping FDI and Domestic Firms’ Profits, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2019, 473-500 (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2003

47. Wages in Rail Markets: Deregulation, Mergers, and Changing Networks Characteristics
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 69, (4), 865-885
    See also Working Paper Wages in Rail Markets: Deregulation, Mergers, and Changing Network Characteristics, MPRA Paper (2005) (2005)

2001

48. Deregulation, rate incentives, and efficiency in the railroad market
    Research in Transportation Economics, 2001, 6, (1), 1-24 View citations (10)
49. Telecommunications deregulation and subadditive costs: Are local telephone monopolies unnatural?
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2001, 19, (6), 909-930 View citations (4)

1999

50. Deregulation, Mergers, and Employment in the Railroad Industry
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1999, 15, (1), 5-22 View citations (12)
51. Explaining Armington: What Determines Substitutability Between Home and Foreign Goods?
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (1), 1-21 View citations (129)
52. Factors Affecting Spring Wheat Variety Choices: Comparisons between Canada and the United States
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1999, 47, (3), 305-320 View citations (7)

1997

53. Cost Savings and Productivity in the Railroad Industry
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1997, 11, (1), 21-40 View citations (51)
54. Costs, Productivity, and Firm Heterogeneity in Local Telephone Markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1997, 11, (3), 291-310 View citations (2)

1995

55. PRICE ADJUSTMENTS IN CHERRY MARKETS
    Journal of Food Distribution Research, 1995, 26, (2), 7

1994

56. Market Access in Regulated and Unregulated Markets: The Continuing Cost of Interstate Motor Carrier Regulation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1994, 6, (4), 363-79 View citations (2)
57. Market-Specific Effects of Rail Deregulation
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1994, 42, (1), 1-22 View citations (28)

1991

58. Book Review: Regulation and Deregulation of the Motor Carrier Industry by Richard Felton and Dale G. Anderson
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1991, 31, (2)
59. Quality Differentials and Prices: Are Cherries Lemons?
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1991, 39, (6), 649-58 View citations (13)
60. SOME MARKET POWER IMPLICATIONS OF THE SHIPPING ACT OF 1984: A CASE STUDY OF THE U.S. TO PACIFIC RIM TRANSPORTATION MARKETS
    Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 16, (2), 8 View citations (6)

1989

61. Changing Costs and Characteristics for Exempt Motor Carriers
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1989, 30, (01)
62. Investment decisions for country elevators
    Agribusiness, 1989, 5, (5), 449-464

1988

63. Pacific Northwest Agriculture and the Shipping Act of 1984
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1988, 29, (01)

1987

64. A Model of Firm Behavior and Costs in Exempt Motor Carriage
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1987, 28, (01)
65. The Effect of Elevator Competition Upon Market Areas
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1987, 28, (01) View citations (2)
66. The impact of diabetes education and peer support upon weight and glycemic control of elderly persons with noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
    American Journal of Public Health, 1987, 77, (5), 634-635 View citations (5)
67. Transport Markets and Firm Behavior: The Backhaul Problem
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1987, 28, (01) View citations (2)

Edited books

2018

1. Handbook of International Trade and Transportation
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (28)

Chapters

2019

1. Tariff-Jumping FDI and Domestic Firms’ Profits
   Chapter 14 in Foreign Direct Investment, 2019, pp 473-500 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Tariff-jumping FDI and Domestic Firms' Profits, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
   Journal Article Tariff-jumping FDI and domestic firms' profits, Canadian Economics Association (2004) View citations (18) (2004)

2018

2. Cooperation in the social domain: prisoners’ dilemma and social interactions
   Chapter 8 in Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization, 2018, pp 194-223
3. International trade and transportation: an introduction
   Chapter 1 in Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, 2018, pp 1-12 View citations (1)
4. Trade costs, trade, and port efficiency
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, 2018, pp 478-499

2016

5. Introduction and Overview
   A chapter in Airline Efficiency, 2016, vol. 5, pp 1-10 View citations (1)
6. The Convergence of Low-Cost and Legacy Airline Operations
   A chapter in Airline Efficiency, 2016, vol. 5, pp 355-375 View citations (3)

2014

7. Airport and Airline Substitution Effects in Multi-Airport Markets
   A chapter in The Economics of International Airline Transport, 2014, vol. 4, pp 309-337 View citations (1)

2012

8. Chapter 11 The Size and Growth of Airports
   A chapter in Pricing Behavior and Non-Price Characteristics in the Airline Industry, 2012, pp 233-273