Interests: Transportation and marketing of agricultural outputs and inputs; rural transportation problems

Published Works:

• "Rural Road Abandonment: Policy Criteria and Empirical Analysis," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 1990.
• "Impact of Railroad Contracts on Grain Bids to Farmers," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1989.
• "Inland Waterway User Taxes: Their Impacts on Corn, Wheat and Soybean Flows and Transport Costs," Proceedings: Twenty-third Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Forum, 1982.
• "The Economics of Upgrading 71 Branch Rail Lines In lowa, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 1977.

Honors:

• Distinguished Transportation Researcher, Transportation Research Forum, 1993
• Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1987
• First prize article, Logistics and Transportation Review, 1976
• Distinguished Extension Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1977
• Best research Paper at Weterway User Charges National Research Conference, 1982
• Distinguished Policy Contribution Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1982
• Best paper on waterway transportation economics and policy, National Waterways foundation, 1982
• USDA Superior Service Award by the Secretary of Agriculture, May 1983
• Best papers in the Journal of the Transportation Forum, 1982 and 1989
• Best agricultural and rural transportation papers in the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1991 and 1995.

pbaumel@iastate.edu

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