The Impact of Congestion on Shippers’ Inventory Costs

Winston, Clifford; Shirley, Chad

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The Impact of Congestion on Shippers’ Inventory Costs

2004-02-01
By Winston, Clifford ; Shirley, Chad

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Creators:

Winston, Clifford ; Shirley, Chad
Corporate Creators:

Brookings Institution ; RAND Corporation
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Analytic Hierarchy Process Delays Economic Impacts Freight Transportation Logistics Traffic Congestion
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

Our previous report analyzed the extent that government spending on highways lowered firms’ inventory and logistics costs. In that analysis, highway congestion was treated as a control variable. However, the impact of congestion on firms’ inventories may be important in its own right. Unfortunately, popular and scholarly studies of the social costs of congestion have typically focused on motorists and failed to offer even a rough estimate of how firms’ costs are increased by delays in the shipment of their goods.
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PDF
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Federal Highway Administration
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