Case study: Energy industry economic impacts from Ohio river transportation disruption

Engineering Economist

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-100

  Güler, Çaǧlar Utku ^a   Johnson, Alan W ^a   Cooper, Martha ^a,b  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DAM STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENERGY INDUSTRY; MAN-MADE DISASTERS; NETWORK FLOW MODEL; OHIO RIVER; OPEN-SOURCE; PLANNED OUTAGES; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WATER TRANSPORT;

CIVIL AVIATION; COAL; COAL MINES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84861814522     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013791X.2012.677114     Document Type: Article

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