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17th International ITF/OECD Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy: Benefiting from Globalisation : Transport Sector Contribution and Policy Challenges
2008
The opportunities for individuals and businesses to benefit from globalisation are increased by efficient, cost-effective transport networks. A competitive, responsive, well-organised transport sector facilitates trade, but creating the conditions for this poses policy challenges that must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012440568
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Stock Prices, Lockdowns, and Economic Activity in the Time of Coronavirus
Davis, Steven J.; Liu, Dingqian; Sheng, Xuguang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Stock prices and workplace mobility trace out striking clockwise paths in daily data from mid-February to late May 2020 …. Global stock prices fell 30 percent from 17 February to 12 March, before mobility declined. Over the next 11 days, stocks … fell another 10 percentage points as mobility dropped 40 percent. From 23 March to 9 April, stocks recovered half their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482538
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The Power of the Family
Alesina, Alberto - 2007
using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that … geographical mobility, lower. Families are larger (higher fertility and higher family size) with strong family ties, which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465603
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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul - 2011
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461441
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Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Transport Sector
1998
reviewing experience around the world, this report contributes to the development of effective procedures for incorporating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441156
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Transport Economics Research and Policymaking
1999
The main goal of this Seminar was to understand the relationship between transport economics research and policymaking. In Europe, there is an extremely wide range of research approaches (a single government agency or several organisations, a national research programme or one-off contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441220
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Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transport
2000
Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441327
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The Cost and Effectiveness of Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions
2008
Transport sector policies already contribute to moderating greenhouse gas emissions from road vehicles. They are increasingly designed to contribute to overall societal targets to mitigate climate change. While abatement costs in transport are relatively high, there are plausible arguments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441473
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Transport Energy and CO2 : Moving towards Sustainability
2009
examines how to enable mobility without accelerating climate change. It finds that if we change the way we travel, adopt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012448285