Prater, Marvin; Babcock, Michael W. - In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and … 34 (1998) 3, pp. 187-200
This paper is the first empirical analysis of U.S. short line railroad profitability using primary cost and revenue data. Models of short line profitability are developed using Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) as the profitability measure. The sample includes 34 short lines operating in...