Simulating Contestability in Freight Transportation: The Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System

R. Lawrence, James Nolan and R. Schoney

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2016, vol. 50, issue 4, 325--349

Abstract: Abstract Modern supply chains are characterised by multiple interactions among individuals and evolving temporal patterns of interaction. The grain handling and transportation system (GHTS) in Canada is a good example of a large modern supply chain. In this paper, we develop an agent-based simulation model of this regional supply chain, and use the simulation output to assess the viability of an open-rail access policy designed to mitigate railway market power in the system. We find that if open-rail access in the Canadian GHTS were to be implemented, profitable entry opportunities would, at best, be very limited.

Date: 2016
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