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Dangerous Waters: The Economic Toll of Piracy on Maritime Shipping

Molina, Renato; Villaseñor-Derbez, Juan Carlos; … - 2024

Maritime transport has been historically susceptible to piracy. While broad assessments suggest the impact of modern piracy causes large economic losses, the literature lacks quantification of the magnitude of the costs and the behavioral responses that underpin them. Here, we combine theory and...

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History, status, and future challenges of hydrogen energy in the transportation sector

Shang, Wen-Long; Song, Xuewang; Liao, Qi; Yuan, Meng; … - 2023

In recent years, extreme weather around the world due to climate change has occurred increasingly frequently, and countries globally have gradually realized the harm caused by global warming. All countries are also making efforts to promote less consumption of fossil fuel energy and the use...

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All hail? The impact of ride hailing platforms on the use of other transport modes

Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán - 2024

Does ride hailing complement or substitute other forms of transport, such as public transport? I employ Scottish Household Survey travel diary data from 16,712 individuals between 2012 and 2019 in a difference-in-differences examination of how ride hailing affected the use of other transport...

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Assessing the impact of infrastructure investments using customs data: The case of the greater Mekong Subregion corridor and the People's Republic of China

Elhan-Kayalar, Yesim; Kucheryavyy, Konstantin; Nose, Manabu - 2023

This paper provides new evidence of the effects of road construction on both domestic and international trade flows in the People's Republic of China (PRC) using customs data and information on transport investments in the region, including those supported by multilateral development banks. We...

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The slow lane: A study on the diffusion of full-electric cars in Italy

Bonacina, Monica; Demir, Mert; Sileo, Antonio; Zanoni, … - 2024

. Diffusion paths are derived using Bass and logistic diffusion models. We consider a business-as-usual scenario based solely on … historical trends, and an accelerated diffusion alternative scenario, in which we assume that by 2023 new BEV models will enter …-plug-in hybrid models. Both scenarios show that, in the absence of further significant shifts, the deployment paths will be totally …

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Express Delivery to the Suburbs. The Effect of Transportation in Europe's Heterogeneous Cities

Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel; Pasidis, Ilias; Marsal, … - 2016

This paper provides evidence for the causal effect of the highway and railway infrastructure on the suburbanization of population in European cities. We adopt different measures of transportation infrastructure and estimate their joint effects on suburbanization using a two-step panel approach....

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The Fatality Risks of Sport-Utility Vehicles, Vans and Pickups

Gayer, Ted - 2001

This paper presents a model of vehicle choice and empirically examines the risk posed by light trucks (sport-utility vehicles, vans, and pickups) to those that drive them and to other drivers, relative to the risk posed by cars. It compares the relative risk of dying and the relative crash...

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Trends in Commuting Time of European Workers: A Cross-Country Analysis

Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020

This paper examines the time spent commuting to/from work by workers in fifteen European countries, during the last three decades, with the aim of analyzing recent trends in commuting and the factors affecting commuting behavior in those countries. Using data from several waves of the European...

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Plattformbasiertes Sharing und Pooling im Verkehrssektor – ein Systematisierungsansatz

Viergutz, Kathrin; Maertens, Sven; Scheier, Benedikt; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020) 2, pp. 117-123

Digitisation enables platformbased business models in the transport sector, providing new types of mobility services …

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Bahnsektor – Krise trotz erhöhter Finanzmittel

Böttger, Christian - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020) 3, pp. 194-200

Auf den ersten Blick ist die Lage für die Eisenbahn in Deutschland recht günstig. Die Bahn konnte in den letzten Jahren, trotz eher ungünstiger intermodaler Rahmenbedingungen, ihren Marktanteil leicht ausbauen. Angesichts der aktuell intensiven Debatte darüber, wie sich die Klimaziele...

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