of cargo transportation in Brazil. It was calibrated for year of 2004, and considers 31 sectors (4 of which are related … to cargo transportation: road, rail, water, and air), and 10 income brackets. A transfer of 10% of road transportation to … economy and the small importance of the transportation sector. Increases in the share of rail or water transportation will …

What role do individual modes of transportation play in international trade? To study this question, I develop a model … of international trade that incorporates a role for transportation and thus allows me to study mode-specific trade flows … transportation. The estimated model implies that surface transportation is mostly used for trade over short distances, whereas air …

One theme that has not been resolved within NAFTA is the issue of cargo transportation. This activity is predominant in … the urgent need to dismantle obstacles to cargo transportation trade in order to encourage surface transportation exports …

Transportation improvements cannot have caused anything close to the factor of 16 in British economic growth. By …

and regional variables? This paper studies the impact of productivity changes in the goods sector and the transportation … costs, a transportation sector is modeled to allow an efficient distribution of workers across the production and … transportation sectors. The state level data from the U.S. support the model, and the comparative statics exercises have several …