Academic History

• PhD University of Missouri-Columbia, 1983
• MA University of Cincinnati, 1972
• BA University of Cincinnati, 1970

Selected Publications

• Estimation of Costs Effects for Potential Trans-Continental Railroad Mergers. Transportation Journal. Vol. 6, 2001.
• Sequential Estimation of Railroad Costs for Specific Traffic. Transportation Journal. 40(3):33-45.
• Estimation of Maintenance of Way Costs for U.S. Railroads Following Deregulation. Transportation Research Record #1707. October, 2000:13-21.
• Estimation of the Rate of Growth in Productivity in Posts Deregulation Railroads. Transportation Journal. 35(4); Summer 1996
• An Econometric Alternative to the URCS. The Logistics and Transportation Review. June 1989, pp. 99-128.

Work in Progress

• Econometric Estimation of Costs for Specific Railroad Freight

• Prediction of Changes in Railroads' Cost Structures Following Mergers in the Post Deregulation Period

• Examination of the Effects of Transportation and Logistics Costs on International Trade Flows

• Economics of Scale, Scope and Density Revisited - The Post-Deregulation Railroads

• Estimation of the Effects of Heavy Wheel Loading on Railway Maintenance of Way Costs

• Currently Developing a course in Real Estate Economics and Finance

Conference Papers and Presentations

• Have Railroad Mergers Resulted in Cost Savings? A Backward and Forward Looking Counterfactual Analysis. Paper presented at the Second Conference on Railroad Industry Structure, Competition and Investment. Held at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. October, 2004.
• Have Railroad Mergers Resulted in Cost Savings? A Counterfactual Analysis. Presented at the 2004 meeting of the Transportation Research Forum.
• Economies of Scale Scope and Density Revisited. Presented at the 2003 meeting f the Transportation Research Forum.
• Railroad Capital Stock Changes in the Post-Deregulation Period. Submitted to the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum. Presented at the March, 2002 Missouri Valley Economics Association Meeting.
• Econometric Estimation of Railroad Costs: Implications for Policy. Seminar presented at Northwestern University, November 2002.
• Estimation of Maintenance of Way Costs for U.S. Railroads Following Deregulation. Presented at the 2000 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Jan., 2000. Accepted for publication
• Regulation, Deregulation and ? Re-regulation. Paper for Transportation Research Board Compendium for the year 2000. Committee A1B06 paper.
• Econometric Estimation of Costs for Specific Railroad Freight. Submitted to the Logistics and Transportation Review. Undergoing revision prior to publication.
• Estimation of the Effects of Post-Regulation Mergers on Railway Costs. Presented at the ASSA meetings Chicago, IL. January, 1998
• Analysis of Post Deregulation Changes in Railroad Capital Stocks. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Economics Association International. Vancouver, BC. Canada. July, 1994
• An Examination of the Structure of Railroad Costs. Presented at the 1987 meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association
• Alternative Estimation Techniques for Rail Cost Functions. Paper presented to the Association of American Cost Analysis Organizational Meeting. March, 1983

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