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of livings. On the other hand, investment in airports and ports seems to be assigned under efficiency criteria, while it … should be recognized that investment in ports is related to geographical factors. Magnitudes of positive signs overpass that …
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important means of transporting goods, and the primary means with over 70%, of passenger transportation. Therefore the …
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An article about the directions and priorities of the regional policy of the state to regulate the regional water consumption in the Omsk region. The authors analyze the situation with the water consumption in China, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, as well as alternative ways of solving...
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The work considers perspective ways of technology borrowing on industry-regional level in Russia and offers preliminary methodology for identification of suitable technologies for particular region. Methodology is based on labor productivity comparisons. For this purposes productivity levels for...
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The article considers perspective ways of technology borrowing in industry-regional level in Russia and offers preliminary methodology for identification of suitable technology for particular region. Methodology is based on labor productivity comparisons. For this purposes productivity levels...
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The article analyses the evolution of the differences in economic conditions among Spanish regions from the perspective provided by the recent advances made in economic growth empirics. Although convergence is usually established in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA) per capita, in the case of...
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The pace and incidence of improvements to oceanic travel conditions for American immigrants, during the quarter century preceeding the First World War, were significantly constrained by shipping lines’ capacity considerations. The improvements had no detectable impact on the overall volume of...
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This paper examines the output and productivity performance of the Transport and Communication sector in South Korea and Australia, from 1990 to 1999. The aim of the paper is two -fold. First, the paper is the first in a series which compares the performance of various industries within the...
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use such products as substitutes for transportation. Common examples of this substitution are telecommuting, video … transportation, prior research has indicated that the relationship between ICT and transportation is quite complex; at times ICT … ICT expenditures on transportation demand. The analysis indicates that ICT may serve as a substitute for air travel, but …
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Four ASEAN countries Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are facing major air pollution problems due to rapid economic growth, urbanization and motorization. Mortality and respiratory diseases caused by air pollution are believed to be endemic in cities of these countries....
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