Assessment of the Impact of the Level of Railway Tariffs on the Evolution of Cargo Supply Chains

Abstract

AbstractThe objective of the paper is to quantify the impact of rail tariff levels on the evolution of freight supply chains. The following methods were used: econometric modeling, comparative method, analysis, statistical method, systemic method. Using econometric modeling and comparative calculation, a quantitative assessment was made of the impact of the level of freight railway tariffs on the evolution of supply chains in terms of changing one mode of transport to another on the example of transportation of oil cargo and coal in the Russian Federation; additional comments were formulated to the conclusions of the obtained assessment; recommendations for further refinement of the results of the econometric assessment have been developed. The results of the research can be used to optimize tariffs for rail transport in the face of constrained supply chains of goods, as well as for further research in the field of the evolution of supply chains of goods and pricing in rail transport.KeywordsCargo supply chainsRail tariffsPricingEvolutionOil cargoCoal