Handbook of international trade and transportation. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Bruce A. Blonigen, Wesley W. Wilson.
• Editors: Blonigen, Bruce A (Bruce Aloysius); Wilson, Wesley W
• Contents: Contents: 1. International Trade and Transportation: An Introduction Bruce A. Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson PART I Modeling and Estimating International Trade Patterns 2. Gravity, distance, and international trade Scott L. Baier, Amanda Kerr and Yoto V. Yotov 3. International trade data and empirical patterns Peter H. Egger and Yvonne Wolfmayr 4. Gravity models in air transport research: A survey and an application Yahua Zhang, Faqin Lin and Anming Zhang PART II Transport Costs and International Trade 5. Trade costs and international trade flows: Methodologies, data, and empirical evidence Michael O. Moore 6. Transport costs, trade, and geographic concentration: Evidence from Canada Kristian Behrens and W. Mark Brown 7. Offshoring and transport costs Holger Görg and Aoife Hanley 8. Transportation costs and trade for differentiated agricultural products Dragan Miljkovic 9. Environmental issues in international trade and transportation James J. Corbett and James J. Winebrake PART III Agents of International Trade 10. Firms in international trade Federico J. Díez, Jesse Mora and Alan C. Spearot 11. Trade costs and the role of international trade intermediaries Bernardo S. Blum, Sebastian Claro, and Ignatius J. Horstmann 12. Transportation cost and the geography of foreign investment Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen PART IV Logistics 13. Trade logistics and seaborne transportation Wayne K. Talley and Sara Russell Riggs 14. Transportation and trade interactions: A trade facilitation perspective Jerónimo Carballo, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus PART V Transport Infrastructure for International Trade 15. DEA and transportation efficiency Kevin Hyosoo Park and Young-Tae Chang 16. Trade Costs, Trade, and Port efficiency Bruce A. Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson 17. Getting Port Governance Right Peter de Langen and Periklis Saragiotis 18. Vessel size, investments and trade Lixian Fan, Xinlu Li, Sijie Zhang and Zimeng Zhang PART VI Transport Networks in International Trade 19. Trade and transport modes: The search for global connectivity through transport networks Theo Notteboom 20. Benefits, challenges and trends for regional transport connectivity in Asia Peter O'Neill 21. Euro-Asian overland transport links: prospects and challenges Miroslav N. Jovanović, Jelena Damnjanović and Jovan Njegić 22. Panama canal William W. Wilson and Javier D. Ho 23. Competition and the container liner shipping industry Hilde Meersman, Christa Sys, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (720 pages)
• Subjects: 382; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General; International trade; Transportation; Economic geography; International trade; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs; Transport industries; Reference works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785366154
• Related ISBNs: 9781785366147
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.