containerization and breakbulk shipping using micro-level trade data. The model is motivated by novel facts that relate container usage …We quantify the effect of container technology on transport costs and trade by estimating the modal choice between … to shipment, destination and firm characteristics. We find container transport to have a higher first-mile cost and a …

responses that underpin them. Here, we combine theory and a unique geospatial dataset combining more than 25 million shipping … behaviour and aggregate transportation cost, as well as its environmental impact, with major implications for the shipping …

incorporating route choice by exporters within a Ricardian setting. We use the model to estimate trade costs on each shipping leg …

gap in the literature. Our key idea is to exploit time and cross-sectional variation in countries' adoption of port or … railway container facilities to construct a time-varying bilateral technology variable and estimate its effect on explaining …

trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from …%. The difference is mainly accounted for by unexpected reductions in frictions in the container shipping market. …

container ship port calls. We find that local disruptions to domestic demand reduced import quantities, while local disruptions …