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Shipping inside the box : containerization and trade
Coşar, A. Kerem; Demir, Banu - 2017
containerization and breakbulk shipping using micro-level trade data. The model is motivated by novel facts that relate container usage …, the box decreases variable shipping costs between 16 to 22 percent. The box explains a significant amount of the global …
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Estimating the effects of the container revolution on world trade
Bernhofen, Daniel M.; El-Sahli, Zouheir; Kneller, Richard - 2013
The introduction of containerization triggered complementary technological and organizational changes that revolutionized global freight transport. Despite numerous claims about the importance of containerization in stimulating international trade, econometric estimates on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712458
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Dangerous waters : the economic toll of piracy on maritime shipping
Molina, Renato; Villaseñor-Derbez, Juan Carlos; … - 2024
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 …
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Unpacking global shocks
Graziano, Alejandro G.; Tian, Yuan - 2024
Economy-wide shocks affect demand, supply, and intermediary sectors simultaneously. We dissect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade by combining information from customs records, smartphone-based human mobility, and container ship port calls. We find that local disruptions...
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Privatising network industries
Newbery, David M. G. - 2004
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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intention : international evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
effect of private-school competition on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state … shares, students’ academic skills, and parents’ entrepreneurial occupation. -- private school competition ; entrepreneurship …
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Electoral competition as a determinant of fiscal decentralization
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2011
Fiscal decentralization is high on the agenda in policy fora. This paper empirically investigates the underlying causes of fiscal decentralization, based on the predictions of a simple political economy model. We argue that the likeliness that a central government engages in devolution of powers...
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Dynamic competition with network externalities : why history matters
Hałaburda, Hanna; Jullien, Bruno; Yehezkel, Yaron - 2016 - September 2013, revised March 2016
We consider dynamic competition among platforms in a market with network externalities. A platform that dominated the … the focal platform whenever such equilibrium exists. Yet when faced with higher-quality competition, can a low …
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The new systems competition
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2001
While the old systems competition took place with closed borders, globalisation has brought about a new type of systems … competition that is driven by the mobility of factors of production. The new systems competition will likely imply the erosion of … induced the respective government activity in the first place. The new systems competition will force inefficient governments …
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Ports vs. roads : infrastructure, market access and regional outcomes
Bonadio, Barthélémy - 2024 - This version: August 2024
What determines the relative gains from improving different parts of a transportation network? Ports and roads are key components of a country’s infrastructure to access international markets. I provide a framework to jointly estimate the quality of different ports and trade costs on normal...
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