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On ya bike? : a review of the Christchurch cycleway network business case
Boyle, Glenn W.; Hill, James - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592825
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Three feet under : urban jobs, connectivity, and infrastructure : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Rentschler, Jun; Braese, Johannes; Jones, Nick; Avner, Paolo - 2019
This paper analyses the degree to which infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in several African cities is impacted by flooding. It combines firm-level micro data, flood maps, and several spatial data layers across cities through a harmonized geospatial network analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052029
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Trade effects of the New Silk Road : a gravity analysis
Baniya, Suprabha; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2019
This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002696
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Reducing environmental risks from belt and road initiative investments in transportation infrastructure
Losos, Elizabeth; Pfaff, Alexander S. P.; Olander, Lydia; … - 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative, due to its diverse and extensive infrastructure investments, poses a wide range of environmental risks. Some projects have easily identifiable and measurable impacts, such as energy projects' greenhouse gas emissions. Others, such as transportation infrastructure,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004784
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The Belt and Road Initiative : reshaping economic geography in Central Asia?
Bird, Julia; Lebrand, Mathilde; Venables, Anthony - 2019
This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects of the Belt Road Initiative on the economy of the region. The model captures international and subnational economic units and their connectivity to each other and the rest of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008368
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Exponential or Power Distance-decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification
de Vries, Jacob J.; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2004
In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home … of commuting reaches a value of –4 for distances around 24 km, while it is close to 0 for both very short and very long … predictions concerning the effect of infrastructure improvements on commuting flows. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325561
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Are Workers with A Long Commute Less Productive? An Empirical Analysis of Absenteeism
van Ommeren, Jos; Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - 2009
whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325675
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Are Workers with a Long Commute Less Productive? An Empirical Analysis of Absenteeism
van Ommeren, Jos - 2009
whether the commute has a positive effect on worker's absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719036
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Labour Supply and Commuting : Implications for Optimal Road Taxes
Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - 2009
reduce their commuting costs by reducing total labour supply. However, a labour supply model which also allows for optimally … chosen daily hours implies that commuting costs increase daily hours, whereas the effect on total labour supply is ambiguous …. This paper addresses this issue empirically by analysing the relationship between labour supply patterns and commuting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719480
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Commuting in Europe: an inter-regional analysis on its determinants and spatial effects
Castelli, Chiara; Parenti, Angela - 2020
Commuting shapes countless everyday-lives around the world, with dynamics varying from city to regional and cross … instance, the perceived commuting distance significantly depends on the time needed to reach the corresponding workplace and … commuting outflow. A similar impact is found with respect to housing costs, that is the cheaper is the relative house price of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306744