ECONOMIES OF MULTIPLANT GRAIN ELEVATOR FIRMS

Frank J. Dooley

No 278176, 1986 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Reno, Nevada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Multiplant theory and a mathematical programming model were combined to analyze economies of multiplant grain firms. Multiplant firms operate smaller sized elevators because single plant economies of scale decrease. Empirical results found significant cost savings from organizing elevators as • part of a multiplant rather than a single plant firm.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1986-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278176

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