James Francis Nolan

Research output

Working papers

1. Nolan, James & Laulederkind, Zoe, 2022. "Plane to see? Empirical Analysis of the 1999-2006 Air Cargo Cartel," Miscellaneous Publications 329694, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
   • James Nolan & Zoe Laulederkind, 2022. "Plane to See? Empirical Analysis of the 1999–2006 Air Cargo Cartel," Advances in Airline Economics, in: The International Air Cargo Industry, volume 9, pages 241-262, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
2. Sun, Ran & Nolan, James & Kulshreshtha, Suren, 2021. "Agent-Based Modelling for the Adoption of Beneficial Water Management Practices in Eastern Canada - a Case of the Cost-Share Program in Agri-Environmental Policy Design," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315340, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
3. Nolan, James & Su, Chi & Pizzey, Logan & Peterson, Steven, 2020. "Parallel or converging? A comparative analysis of the grain and rail transportation systems in Canada and the United States," Miscellaneous Publications 307243, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
4. Su, Chi & Nolan, James, 2019. "Measuring rail market power in wheat transportation," Miscellaneous Publications 292343, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
5. Slade, Peter & Nolan, James F., 2018. "Market Power with Capacity and Commitment: An Experimental Exploration," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274208, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
6. Su, Chi & Schoney, Richard & Nolan, James, 2017. "An Agent Based Simulation of Farm Succession and Farmland Valuation," 7th Annual Canadian Agri-Food Policy Conference, January 11-13, 2017, Ottawa, ON 253250, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.
7. Ge, Houtian & Goetz, Stephan & Gray, Richard & Nolan, James, 2016. "Modeling the Optimal Strategies for Mitigating Genetically Modified (GM) Wheat Contamination Risks," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235939, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
8. Cakir, Metin & Nolan, James, 2014. "Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector," Staff Papers 179168, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
   • Çakır, Metin & Nolan, James, 2015. "Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 40(2), pages 1-17, May.
9. Anderson, Leigh & Schoney, Richard & Nolan, James, 2014. "Evaluating the Consequences of Second Generation Bioenergy Crops on a Grain/Livestock Economy: An Example of the Canadian Prairies," Miscellaneous Publications 206440, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
10. Laing, Andrew R. & Nolan, James F., 2009. "Price Dynamics and Market Structure in Transportation: For-Hire Grain Trucking Along the Alberta- Saskatchewan Border," 50th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Portland, Oregon, March 16-18, 2009 207599, Transportation Research Forum.
11. Viju, Crina & Kerr, William A. & Nolan, James F., 2006. "Subsidization of the Biofuel Industry: Security vs. Clean Air?," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21321, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
12. Stephen M. Law & Alexandra E. MacKay & James F. Nolan, 2002. "Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry," Computing in Economics and Finance 2002 373, Society for Computational Economics.
    • Stephen M. Law & Alexandra E. MacKay & James F. Nolan, 2003. "Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry," Chapters, in: Anna Nagurney (ed.), Innovations in Financial and Economic Networks, chapter 8, pages 169-194, Edward Elgar Publishing.
13. Nolan, James & Fulton, Murray, 2000. "Open or Closed? Access and the Regulatory Future of the Canadian Rail Industry," 42nd Annual Transportation Research Forum, Annapolis, Maryland, November 29-December 1, 2000 319234, Transportation Research Forum.

Articles

1. Chi Su & Richard A. Schoney & James F. Nolan, 2023. "Buy, sell or rent the farm: succession planning and the future of farming on the Great Plains," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 18(3), pages 627-669, July.
2. Leigh Anderson & Richard Schoney & James Nolan, 2023. "Assessing the consequences of second-generation bioenergy crops for grain/livestock farming on the Canadian prairies: An agent-based simulation," Journal of Simulation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 149-163, March.
3. Ran Sun & James Nolan & Suren Kulshreshtha, 2022. "Agent-based modeling of policy induced agri-environmental technology adoption," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(8), pages 1-26, August.
4. Sichao Jiang & James Nolan & Wesley W. Wilson, 2022. "Exit Decisions in the Canadian Grain Elevator Industry," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 1-19, March.
5. Brown, Bijon & Schoney, Richard & Nolan, James, 2021. "Assessing the food vs. fuel issue: An agent-based simulation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
6. Jason Wood & James Nolan, 2021. "Plant location decisions in the ethanol industry: a dynamic and spatial analysis," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 58(1), pages 103-132, June.
7. Houtian Ge & Stephan Goetz & Miguel Gómez & Richard Gray & James Nolan, 2019. "Modelling testing mechanism for mitigating genetically modified wheat contamination risks," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(2), pages 582-598, January.
8. Nolan, James & Pizzey, Logan, 2017. "Pass the Salt: Markets for Grain Shipping on the Great Lakes," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 56(2).
9. Derek G. Brewin & Troy G. Schmitz & James F. Nolan & Richard S. Gray, 2017. "Grain Transportation Policy Reform in Western Canada," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 65(4), pages 643-665, December.
10. Ge, Houtian & Nolan, James & Gray, Richard & Goetz, Stephan & Han, Yicheol, 2016. "Supply chain complexity and risk mitigation – A hybrid optimization–simulation model," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 228-238.
11. Micheels, Eric T. & Nolan, James F., 2016. "Examining the effects of absorptive capacity and social capital on the adoption of agricultural innovations: A Canadian Prairie case study," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 127-138.
12. R. Lawrence & J. Nolan & R. Schoney, 2016. "Simulating Contestability in Freight Transportation: The Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath, vol. 50(4), pages 325-32-349.
13. Gleim, Savannah & Nolan, James, 2015. "Canada’s Grain Handling and Transportation System: A GIS-based Evaluation of Potential Policy Changes," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 54(3).
14. Houtian Ge & James Nolan & Richard Gray, 2015. "Identifying Strategies to Mitigate Handling Risks in the Canadian Grain Supply Chain," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 63(1), pages 101-128, March.
15. Çakır, Metin & Nolan, James, 2015. "Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 40(2), pages 1-17, May.
    • Cakir, Metin & Nolan, James, 2014. "Revisiting Concentration in Food and Agricultural Supply Chains: The Welfare Implications of Market Power in a Complementary Input Sector," Staff Papers 179168, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
16. Ge, Houtian & Gray, Richard & Nolan, James, 2015. "Agricultural supply chain optimization and complexity: A comparison of analytic vs simulated solutions and policies," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 208-220.
17. Nolan, James F., 2015. "Grain Handling and Transportation Policy in Canada: Implications for the United States," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 30(3), pages 1-7, July.
18. James Nolan, 2014. "Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis , edited by Cathal O'Donoghue , Dimitris Ballas , Graham Clarke , Stephen Hynes , and Karyn Morrissey . 2013 . Series: Advances in Spatial Science. He," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 343-344, March.
19. Freeman, Tyler & Schoney, Richard & Nolan, James, 2013. "Man vs. manure: Examining the effects of residential demand on dairy farming in rural America," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 129-136.
20. Morteza Haghiri & Stephen M. Law & James F. Nolan & Alireza Simchi, 2013. "Comparing non-parametric to parametric interaction terms in generalised additive models: production technology in the Canadian cable television industry," International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(3), pages 229-251.
21. Laing, Andrew & Nolan, James, 2013. "Measuring Spatial and Temporal Market Structure in a Transportation Sector: For-hire Grain Trucking on the Alberta-Saskatchewan Border in Canada," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 52(3).
22. Nolan, James F. & Kerr, William A., 2012. "The Estey Review’s Contribution to Transportation Policy," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, December.
23. Adam Arsenault & James Nolan & Richard Schoney & Donald Gilchrist, 2012. "Outstanding in the Field: Evaluating Auction Markets for Farmland Using Multi-Agent Simulation," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11.
24. James F. Nolan & Elwin G. Smith & G. Cornelis Van Kooten & James R. Wilson, 2010. "What Constitutes Prior Publication? An Editorial Opinion," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 58(1), pages 1-3, March.
25. Nolan, James & Ritchie, Pamela & Rowcraft, John, 2010. "Productivity and Deregulation in the Canadian For‐Hire Trucking Industry, 1985‐1996," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 49(3).
26. Tyler Freeman & James Nolan & Richard Schoney, 2009. "An Agent‐Based Simulation Model of Structural Change in Canadian Prairie Agriculture, 1960–2000," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 57(4), pages 537-554, December.
27. James Nolan & Dawn Parker & G. Cornelis Van Kooten & Thomas Berger, 2009. "An Overview of Computational Modeling in Agricultural and Resource Economics," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 57(4), pages 417-429, December.
28. Darren Barber & Jill Hobbs & James Nolan, 2008. "Assessing Producer Stated Preferences for Identity Preservation in the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 56(3), pages 243-256, September.
29. James Nolan & Jason Skotheim, 2008. "Spatial competition and regulatory change in the grain handling and transportation system in western Canada," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 42(4), pages 929-944, December.
30. Larson, Eric K. & James, Nolan F., 2007. "Assessing the Effects of Road Pricing on an Industry: The Grain Handling and Transportation System in Saskatchewan," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 46(3).
31. James Nolan & Pamela Ritchie & John Rowcroft, 2005. "Small Market Air Service and Regional Policy," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath, vol. 39(3), pages 363-378, September.
32. Belcher, Ken & Nolan, James & Phillips, Peter W.B., 2005. "Genetically modified crops and agricultural landscapes: spatial patterns of contamination," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(3), pages 387-401, May.
33. Morteza Haghiri & James Nolan & Kien Tran, 2004. "Assessing the impact of economic liberalization across countries: a comparison of dairy industry efficiency in Canada and the USA," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(11), pages 1233-1243.
34. Nganje, William E. & Wilson, William W. & Nolan, James F., 2004. "Agro-terrorism and the Grain Handling Systems in Canada and the United States," CAFRI: Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, issue 5, pages 1-12, May.
35. James F. Nolan & Pamela Ritchie & John Rowcroft, 2003. "September 11 and the World Airline Financial Crisis," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 239-255, June.
36. S.M. Law & J.F. Nolan, 2003. "Unintended and persistent consequences of regulation: The case of cable television provision in Canada," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Intersentia, vol. 4(4), pages 391-411, September.
37. Stephen Law & James Nolan, 2002. "Measuring the Impact of Regulation: A Study of Canadian Basic Cable Television," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 21(3), pages 231-249, November.
38. James Nolan & Bill Drew, 2002. "An Update on Regulatory Change in the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation Industry," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 50(1), pages 85-98, March.
39. Nolan, J. F. & Ritchie, P. C. & Rowcroft, J. E., 2002. "Identifying and measuring public policy goals: ISTEA and the US bus transit industry," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 48(3), pages 291-304, July.
40. J. F. Nolan & P. C. Ritchie & J. R. Rowcroft, 2001. "Measuring efficiency in the public sector using nonparametric frontier estimators: a study of transit agencies in the USA," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(7), pages 913-922.
41. Nolan, James & Fulton, Murray, 2001. "Competitive Access: The Next Step for the Canadian Rail Industry?," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 40(2).
42. Nolan, James, 2001. "Productivity and Efficiency Changes Among Mid-Sized Transit," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 40(1).
43. J. Nolan & P. Ritchie & J. Rowcroft, 2001. "Open skies and open gates," Transportation, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 119-135, May.
44. Eric Larson & James Nolan, 1999. "A Model to Measure the Economic Effects of Prairie Rail Line Abandonment on Grain Transportation," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 47(4), pages 481-481, December.
45. Murray Fulton & James Nolan, 1999. "Competitive Access in the Canadian Rail Industry," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 47(4), pages 480-480, December.
46. S. M. Law & J. F. Nolan, 0. "Unintended and persistent consequences of regulation: The case of cable television provision in Canada," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Intersentia, vol. 4(4), pages 391-411.

Chapters

1. James Nolan & Zoe Laulederkind, 2022. "Plane to See? Empirical Analysis of the 1999–2006 Air Cargo Cartel," Advances in Airline Economics, in: The International Air Cargo Industry, volume 9, pages 241-262, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
   • Nolan, James & Laulederkind, Zoe, 2022. "Plane to see? Empirical Analysis of the 1999-2006 Air Cargo Cartel," Miscellaneous Publications 329694, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
2. James Nolan & James Peoples, 2022. "Introduction and Overview of the International Air Cargo Industry: A Modal Analysis," Advances in Airline Economics, in: The International Air Cargo Industry, volume 9, pages 1-8, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
3. James Nolan & Pamela Ritchie & John Rowcroft, 2014. "International Mergers and Acquisitions in the Airline Industry," Advances in Airline Economics, in: The Economics of International Airline Transport, volume 4, pages 127-150, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
4. Stephen M. Law & Alexandra E. MacKay & James F. Nolan, 2003. "Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry," Chapters, in: Anna Nagurney (ed.), Innovations in Financial and Economic Networks, chapter 8, pages 169-194, Edward Elgar Publishing.
   • Stephen M. Law & Alexandra E. MacKay & James F. Nolan, 2002. "Using Financial Options to Hedge Transportation Capacity in a Deregulated Rail Industry," Computing in Economics and Finance 2002 373, Society for Computational Economics.