Donald (Don) Harmatuck

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. doi: 10.3141/2042-07.
• Harmatuck, D. (2007). Revealed Parking Choices and Value of Time. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2010), 26-34. doi: 10.3141/2010-04.
• 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. doi: 10.1139/l05-115.
• 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), doi: 10.3141/1932-06.
• Harmatuck, D. (1996). Motor Carrier Cost Function Comparisons. Transportation Journal (31), pp.31-46.
• Harmatuck, D. (1996). The Influence of Transportation Infrastructure on Economic Development. The Logistics and Transportation Review (32), 63-76.
• 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). Backhaul Pricing: Mathematical Programming and Game Theoretic Approaches to Allocating Joint Costs. Transportation Research Forum (26), 474-48.
• Harmatuck, D. (1985). Short Run Motor Carrier Cost Function for Five Large Common Carriers. The Transportation and Logistics Review (21), 217-23.
• Harmatuck, D. (1984). The Effects of Economic Conditions and Regulatory Changes upon Motor Carrier Tonnage and Revenues. Transportation Journal (23), 31-39.
• Harmatuck, D. (1984). A Methodology for Decomposing Motor Carrier Profits. Logistics and Transportation Review (20), 99-109.
• 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. & Wolfgram, M. (1981). An Evaluation of Econometric Models for Forecasting Gasoline Consumption Using Time Series Techniques. Transportation Research Forum (22), 343-353.
• Harmatuck, D. (1979). A Policy Senstive Railroad Cost Function. The Logistics and Transportation Review (15), 277-315.
• Harmatuck, D. (1979). Problems in Estimating the Social Cost of Minimum Rate Regulation. Transportation Journal (18), 19-28.
• Harmatuck, D. (1979). The Effect of Recreational Vehicles on Highway Speed. Traffic Quarterly (33), 539-553.
• Harmatuck, D. (1976). A Comparison of Two Approaches to Stock Location. Transportation and Logistics Review (12), 282-284.
• Harmatuck, D. (1976). Economic Analysis of Public Response to Urban Transit Issue. Transportation Research Forum (17), 298-306.
• Harmatuck, D. (1976). Referendum Voting as a Guide to Public Support for Mass Transit. Traffic Quarterly (30), 346-369.
• 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 ( 2008 ) Infrastructure Debate, Again

2008 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting ( 2008 ) Light Rail Cost Functions

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting ( 2007 ) Revealed Parking Choice and the Value of Time

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting ( 2006 ) Revealed Parking Choices and the Value of Time

Transportation and Public Utilities Group at the ASSA meetings ( 1989 ) Motor Carrier Cost Functions and Productivity Comparisons (Completed Paper)

Atlanta ORSA/TIMS meetings (1985) ( 1 ) Periodic Time Series models of Gasoline Consumption

Undergraduate Courses

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640 Section 1), Fall 2008.

Transportation and Business Logistics (OIM 640), Fall 2002.

Transportation and Business Logistics (OIM 640), Spring 2002.

Transportation and Business Logistics (OIM 640), Fall 2003.

Business Logistics Analysis (OIM 640), Spring 2003.

Business logistics Analysis (OIM 640), Fall 2004.

Business Logistics (OIM 640), Fall 2005.

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640 Section 1), Fall 2009.

Business Logistics Analysis (OIM 640 Section 1), Fall 2006.

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640), Fall 2006.

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640 Section 1), Fall 2010.

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640), Fall 2011.

Business Logistics Analysis (OTM 640 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU 478 Section 1), Spring 2009.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU 478), Fall 2001.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU 478), Spring 2005.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU 478 Section 1), Spring 2007.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU 478 Section 1), Spring 2008.

Economics of Transportation (OIM 444), Fall 2001.

Economics of Transportation (O I M 444 Section 1), Fall 2006.

Economics of Transportation (OIM 444 Section 1), Summer 2006.

Economics of Transportation (OTM 444), Fall 2011.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 444 Section 01), Summer 2007.

Graduate Courses

Phd Readings and Research- Richard Sheil (OTM 994 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Reading and Research- Michael Rogriguez (OTM 794 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Economics of Transportation (OTM 744), Fall 2011.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2002.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2002.

Managerial Economics Evening (OIM 730), Summer 2002.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2003.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2003.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2004.

Managerial Economics (OIM 730), Spring 2004.

Combined Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 444/744 Section 1), Fall 2008.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 744/444 Section 1), Summer 2009.

Economics of Transportation (OIM/OIM 444/744), Fall 2002.

Economics of Transportation (OIM/OIM 444/744), Fall 2003.

Economics of Transportation (OIM/OIM 444/744), Fall 2004.

Economics of Transportation (OIM/OIM/ECO 744/444/502), Fall 2005.

Economics of Transportation (OIM/OIM 744/444), Summer 2005.

Urban Transport Economics (TPU/ECO 478/478), Spring 2006.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 744/444 Section 1), Fall 2009.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 444/744), Fall 2006.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 444/744 Section 1), Fall 2010.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 744/444 Section 1), Fall 2007.

Economics of Transportation (OTM/OTM 744/444 Section 1), Summer 2007.