has a significantly positive effect on freight costs by air transportation. However, I find the puzzling results that …Geographic distance is a standard proxy for transport costs under the simple assumption that freight fees increase … monotonically over space. Using the Japanese Census of Logistics, this paper examines the extent to which transport distance and …

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 …

transport flow. There are certain numbers of observed links which show asymmetric transport costs. Instrumental variable …

This paper examines the conventional assumption that bilateral transport costs are symmetric. We develop an economic …

-tariff barriers, other border clearance costs, transshipment costs and so on. Our simulation analysis for Asia includes several …

The main purpose of this paper is to estimate and evaluate the social costs of highways in Japan. In general, with more … people concerned about protecting the environment at both local and global levels, dependence on vehicular transportation in … necessary to measure correctly the social costs of vehicular transport such as traffic accidents, air pollution, noise, global …

ridership needs that exerts a substitution effect on air transportation, the main mode for long distance tourist mobility …. Finally, the analysis of HSR impacts on touristic cities receiving this mode of transportation does not show any …