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European Freight Transport Analysis using Neural Networks and Logit Models
Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; Tsang, Wai Fai - 1997
The present paper aims to analyse interregional freight transport movements in Europe in order to forecast spatio-temporal patterns of new transport economic scenarios.In view of the high dimension of our data-base on transport flows, two different approaches are compared, viz. the logit model...
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Decisive Conditions for an Effective and Efficient Multi-modal Freight Transport Network in Europe: A Meta-Analytic Perspective
Bithas, Kostas; Nijkamp, Peter - 1997
The paper addresses the issue of intermodality in European transport policy. Its aim is to derive critical factors for an effective and efficient multimodal freight transport network in Europe. The results of a survey among European transport experts are presented, while a new meta-analytic...
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Discrimination, exclusion and environmental harm: Why EU lawmakers need to ban freight transport restrictions to save the Single Market
Bauer, Matthias - 2020
The EU's Mobility Package 1 legislative proposal was once intended to improve the working conditions of truck and small-van drivers in the EU. Initially, the European Commission also aimed at securing a smooth and non-discriminatory functioning of the Single Market. Some provisions of the...
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Global steam coal supply costs in the face of Chinese infrastructure investment decisions
Paulus, Moritz; Trueby, Johannes - 2010
In this work we demonstrate the effects of different Chinese transport infrastructure investment strategies on long run marginal costs of steam coal supply in Europe. Increasing Chinese demand for steam coal will lead to a growing need for additional domestic infrastructure in China as...
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From Mine to Coast: Transport Infrastructure and the Direction of Trade in Developing Countries
Bonfatti, Roberto; Poelhekke, Steven - 2013
Mine-related transport infrastructure specializes in connecting mines to the coast, and not so much to neighboring countries. This is most clearly seen in developing countries, whose transport infrastructure was originally designed to facilitate the export of natural resources in colonial times....
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Die Gatewayfunktion: Von Verkehrsinfrastruktur zu Knoten im Netz?
Growe, Anna - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …, (pp. 44-55). 2011
Die Globalisierung beeinflusst die Entwicklung von Städten und Regionen. Vor allem eine gute Erreichbarkeit von Städten und Regionen, wie auch die Erreichbarkeit anderer Zentren aus diesen Regionen und Städten spielen eine große Rolle. In der deutschen Raumordnung wird diese Anforderung...
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Verkehr: Bedeutung von Verkehrsangeboten für Multilokalität
Scheiner, Joachim - In: Multilokale Lebensführungen und räumliche …, (pp. 154-159). 2020
Die Möglichkeit zur multilokalen Lebensführung (ML) hängt von der Erreichbarkeit der Wohnstandorte relativ zueinander ab. Diese wiederum ergibt sich aus der zu überwindenden Distanz und den Verkehrsangeboten (Infrastrukturen und Services). Die spezifischen Ansprüche multilokal lebender...
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Entry and competition in freight transport: the case of a prospective transalpine rail link between France and Italy
Prady, Delphine; Ullrich, Hannes - 2010
We analyze the expected effects of building a rail tunnel between Lyon and Turin on i) the market shares of the established and the new suppliers, and ii) consumer surplus. The prospective project consists of a 53km rail tunnel providing freight shippers with a new alpine path. We calibrate an...
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The Italian block of the ESCB multi-country model
Angelini, Elena; D’Agostino, Antonello; McAdam, Peter - 2006
This paper documents the structure, estimation and simulation properties of the Italian block of the ESCB-multi-country model (MCM). The model is used regularly as an input into Eurosystem projection exercises and, to a lesser extent, in simulation analysis. The specification of the Italian...
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Does it pay to have the euro? Italy’s politics and financial markets under the lira and the euro
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2009
’s prosperity. The paper focuses on olitical events in Italy over the past 35 years and asks whether the adoption of the euro in … 1999 has helped insulate Italy’s financial markets from the adverse consequences of its traditionally unstable political … system. We find that important political events have exerted a statistically and economically significant effect on Italy …
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