Wisconsin School of Business

Donald (Don) Harmatuck

Senior Lecturer

Professor Emeritus - Operations & Information Management

Donald Harmatuck is a professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management at the Wisconsin School of Business.

His research interests are in several areas relating to transport, including transportation economics, transportation policy, cost and demand modeling, economic appraisal of transport investment, motor carrier cost functions, and vehicle routing.

He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 

Selected Published Journal Articles


Harmatuck, D. (2008). Light Rail Cost Functions and Technical Inefficiency. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ( 2042), 58-70.
Harmatuck, D. (2007). Revealed Parking Choices and Value of Time. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2010), 26-34.
Harmatuck, D., & Choi, J. (2006). Post operating performance of construction mergers and acquisitions of the United States of America. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (33), 266-277.
Harmatuck, D. (2005). Cost Functions and Efficiency Estimates for Midwest Bus Transit System. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board (National Academy of Science) (Finance, Economics, and Economic Development 2005)
Harmatuck, D. (1996). The Influence of Transportation Infrastructure on Economic Development. The Logistics and Transportation Review, 14.
Harmatuck, D. (1996). Motor Carrier Cost Function Comparisons. Transportation Journal (31), pp.31-46.
Harmatuck, D. (1991). Economies of Scale and Scope in the Motor Carrier Industry: An Analysis of the Cost Functions of Seventeen Large LTL Common Motor Carriers. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (25)
Harmatuck, D. (1985). Short Run Motor Carrier Cost Function for Five Large Common Carriers. The Transportation and Logistics Review (21)
Harmatuck, D. (1985). Backhaul Pricing: Mathematical Programming and Game Theoretic Approaches to Allocating Joint Costs. Transportation Research Forum (26)
Harmatuck, D. (1984). The Effects of Economic Conditions and Regulatory Changes upon Motor Carrier Tonnage and Revenues. Transportation Journal (23)
Harmatuck, D. (1984). A Methodology for Decomposing Motor Carrier Profits. Logistics and Transportation Review (20), 99-109.
Harmatuck, D., & Wolfgram, M. (1981). An Evaluation of Econometric Models for Forecasting Gasoline Consumption Using Time Series Techniques. Transportation Research Forum (22), 343-353.
Harmatuck, D. (1981). A Motor Carrier Joint Cost Function: A Flexible Functional Form with Activity Prices. Journal of Tranport Economics and Policy (15), 135-153.
Harmatuck, D. (1979). The Effect of Recreational Vehicles on Highway Speed. Traffic Quarterly (33), 539-553.
Harmatuck, D. (1979). Problems in Estimating the Social Cost of Minimum Rate Regulation. Transportation Journal (18), 19-28.
Harmatuck, D. (1979). A Policy Senstive Railroad Cost Function. The Logistics and Transportation Review (15), 277-315.
Harmatuck, D. (1976). Referendum Voting as a Guide to Public Support for Mass Transit. Traffic Quarterly (30), 346-369.
Harmatuck, D. (1976). Economic Analysis of Public Response to Urban Transit Issue. Transportation Research Forum (17), 298-306.
Harmatuck, D. (1976). A Comparison of Two Approaches to Stock Location. Transportation and Logistics Review (12), 282-284.
Harmatuck, D. (1975). The Effects of a Service Interruption on Bus Ridership Levels in a Middle-Sized Community. Transportation Research, 43-54.

Presentations


Forkenbrock Series for Public Policy
Infrastructure Debate, Again

2008 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Light Rail Cost Functions

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Revealed Parking Choice and the Value of Time

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Revealed Parking Choices and the Value of Time

Transportation and Public Utilities Group at the ASSA meetings
Motor Carrier Cost Functions and Productivity Comparisons (Completed Paper)

Atlanta ORSA/TIMS meetings (1985)
Periodic Time Series models of Gasoline Consumption

Photograph of Donald Harmatuck

Donald (Don) Harmatuck

Senior Lecturer
 
Professor Emeritus | Operations & Information Management
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