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Classifying small (TL3) regions based on metropolitan population, low density and remoteness

Fadic, Milenko; Garcilazo-Corredera, José Enrique; … - 2019

This paper provides a method to classify TL3regions across OECD countries based on their level of access to metropolitan areas. TL3 regions are classified as ‘metropolitan’ if more than half of their population lives in one or more functional urban area (FUA) of at least 250 thousand...

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Do customs trade facilitation programmes help reduce customs-related corruption?

Michael, Bryane; Ferguson, Frank; Karimov, Alisher - 2012

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each year. Using recent data only about bribe payers' actual experiences in paying bribes, we show that trade facilitation would only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency -...

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High-speed rail as a new mode of intercity passenger transportation

Chao, Eugene; Vuchic, Vukan R.; Vashchukov, Aleksandr - 2019

High-speed rail is a new mode of intercity passenger transportation. The article reviews the history of the United … confirm the validity of HSR in intercity passenger rail services, a comparison with the external competition of car and air …, the US national rail service, into an accelerated HSR service. It is time to renew the government's interest in paying …

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Information value and interregional input-output structure : the 14th ITS Asia-Pacific Conference, Kyoto 2017, June 24-27, 2017 at Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan

Takita, Toshiaki - 2017

This paper establishes an economic theory of information value and volume that differs from Shannon's mathematical theory of communication (Shannon, 1948). The economics of information should be recognized as an important frontier field of economics to explore the 4th industrial revolution...

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Challenges for urban sustainable mobility : Gdynia Maritime University case study

Kuzia, Michał; Przybyłowski, Adam - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1071-1085

The sustainable development of the cities represents one of the major challenges for the future of the planet in the 21st century, relatively to the contribution and adaptation to climate change, natural resources consumption, energetic transition, population mobility, welfare and security,...

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Where has the Rum gone? : firms' choice of transport mode under the threat of maritime piracy

Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai; Yang, Shuyao - 2018

Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding its economic consequences remains scarce. This paper takes a step towards filling the gap by combining firm-level Chinese customs data with information on pirate attacks to...

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Light duty vehicle transportation and global climate policy : the importance of electric drive vehicles

Bosetti, Valentina; Longden, Thomas - 2012

With a focus on establishing whether climate targets can be met under different personal transport scenarios we introduce a transport sector representing the use and profile of light domestic vehicles (LDVs) into the integrated assessment model WITCH. In doing so we develop long term projections...

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Efficiency of world ports in container and bulk cargo (oil, coal, ores and grain)

Merk, Olaf; Dang, Thai Thanh - 2012

Port efficiency is an important indicator of port performance; more efficient ports lower transportation costs and facilitate imports and exports of a country. Despite the importance of the subject, the exisiting port efficiency studies have almost exclusively focused on container ports. This...

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Defining quality bulk tonnage : a task for researchers and policy-makers

Thanopoulou, Helen; Gardner, Bernard M. - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 62 (2012) 3/4, pp. 54-74

The aim of this paper is to propose a set of suitable variables on which a comprehensive definition of quality bulk shipping can be built. The authors of this paper explore the alternatives of quality differentiation in bulk shipping, in view of the methodological and data problems researchers...

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International dock work conventions in the era of post-globalization

Angelopoulos, Jason; Chlomoudis, Constantine; … - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 64 (2014) 1, pp. 5-15

The part of the port industry that serves international trade flows, competes and satisfies demand with global characteristics. Port services production and supply, within an open market, can only be governed by global regulations, and should be taken into account by those who wish to implement...

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