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Trade and geography: Paul Krugman and the 2008 nobel prize in economics
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry - 2009
The 2008 Nobel prize for economics was awarded to Paul Krugman for three papers -Krugman (1979, 1980, 1991). In this paper we illustrate that, indeed, these three papers are closely connected. We present - a summary of - the papers using a unified framework. Central in the discussion is the...
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A Model of Rush-Hour Traffic in an Isotropic Downtown Area
Arnott, Richard J.; Kokoza, Anatolii; Naji, Mehdi - 2015
For a quarter century, a top priority in transportation economic theory has been to develop models of rush-hour traffic dynamics that incorporate traffic jams (hypercongestion). The difficulty has been that “proper” models result in mathematical intractabilty, while none of the proposed...
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Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline
Severen, Christopher; van Benthem, Arthur A. - 2019
An individual’s initial experiences with a common good, such as gasoline, can shape their behavior for decades. We first show that the 1979 oil crisis had a persistent negative effect on the likelihood that individuals that came of driving age during this time drove to work in the year 2000...
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Flemish maritime ports, Liège port complex and the port of Brussels – Report 2015
Mathys, Claude - 2017
Flemish maritime ports (Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend, Zeebrugge), the Autonomous Port of Liège and the port of Brussels play a major … importance and development of the Flemish maritime ports, the Liège port complex and the port of Brussels for the period 2010 … economic activity in the six ports in 2014-2015 are summarized in the table on the next page. In 2015 the growth of maritime …
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Economic importance of the logistics sector in Belgium
De Doncker, Helga - 2017
This Working Paper assesses the economic importance of the logistics sector in Belgium for the period 2010-2015 on the basis of the data from the annual accounts submitted to the NBB's Central Balance Sheet Office. The logistics sector was defined on the basis of the NACE-Bel nomenclature of...
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The stability of downtown parking and traffic congestion
Arnott, Richard J.; Inci, Eren - 2009
In classical traffic flow theory, there are two velocities associated with a given level of traffic flow. Following Vickrey, economists have termed travel at the higher speed congested travel and at the lower speed hypercongested travel. Since the publication of Walters. classic paper, there has...
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Toward a sustainable transport development in Asia and the Pacific
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2011
Despite remarkable growth during the last decade, Asia and the Pacific still faces extensive basic infrastructure needs. Furthermore, to cope up with the reduced export demand from advanced economies arising out of the ongoing financial crisis, the region needs to enhance its connectivity...
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Supply Chain Reliability and International Economic Growth: Impacts of Disruptions like COVID-19
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Goel, Srishti S. - 2020
growth, labor quality, are positive and in line with the extant literature. A simulation exercise discussed some supply chain …
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The Tradeoff between Indirect Network Effects and Product Differentiation in a Decarbonized Transport Market
Andreassen, Gøril L.; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2020
What factors determine whether it is optimal with one or more technologies in a decarbonized road transport sector, and what policies should governments choose? We investigate these questions theoretically and numerically through a static, partial equilibrium model for the road transport market....
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When Nudges Aren't Enough: Incentives and Habit Formation in Public Transport Usage
Gravert, Christina; Olsson Collentine, Linus - 2020
In three large-scale field experiments with over 32,500 individuals, we investigate whether public transport uptake can be influenced by behavioral interventions and by economic incentives. Despite their effectiveness in other domains, we find a tightly estimated zero for social norms and...
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