We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to signicantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly conrmed for industrial countries and is of primary importance for production and transportation of...

In this paper, we analyze separately the determinants of maritime transport and road transport costs for Spanish exports to Poland and Turkey (markets for which maritime and road transport are competing modes) and investigate the different effects of these costs on international trade. First, we...

This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey’s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey’s sixteen most important export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of...