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Purpose – This study investigates the impact of inland port development in China on the promotion of bilateral trade flows between China and South Korea. Design/methodology – The probable association between the establishment of inland ports and SinoKorea trade was estimated using gravity...
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This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times … and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information … System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before and after the Belt and Road Initiative. Two sets of data are …
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transport volumes. The recent Belt and Road Initiative provides an experiment that can be evaluated using matching econometrics …-run economic growth. However, it spurs employment and road freight by stimulating intermodal transport. …
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Nearly ten years since the official launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an understanding of what the …
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The launch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and its connection to latitudinal transport corridors will enable the creation of a single Eurasian transport framework. Significantly shorter delivery time is the key advantage that the INSTC will have relative to the other...
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Social protection, especially health care systems for the poor, is essential to reduce inequality. Health-related shocks, such as death or severe sickness, can affect households' budgets significantly and create serious household trauma, leading to higher possibilities of them falling into...
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This paper estimates the causal effect of international direct flights on cities’ international trade, using Chinese customs transaction-level trade data and flight route data from 2000 to 2015 and the staggered differences-in-differences approach. On average a Chinese city’s exports to a...
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