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A comparative study of trends in globalization using different synthetic indicators

Mishra, SK - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Using the KOF data at the annual level, we construct ten different composite indices for comparing the extent of globalization of 131 countries for eleven years, 1999-2009. We compare the different indices of globalization among themselves and also with the Dreher-KOF index of globalization and...

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Information Technology and Transportation: Substitutes or Complements?

Oliver, Atara Stephanie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

use such products as substitutes for transportation. Common examples of this substitution are telecommuting, video … transportation, prior research has indicated that the relationship between ICT and transportation is quite complex; at times ICT … ICT expenditures on transportation demand. The analysis indicates that ICT may serve as a substitute for air travel, but …

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The Trade Consequences of Maritime Insecurity: Evidence from Somali Piracy

Burlando, Alfredo; Cristea, Anca D.; Lee, Logan M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

In the past decade, pirates from Somalia have carried out thousands of attacks on cargo ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, causing what others have identified as significant damage to maritime trade. In this paper, we use variations in the spread and intensity of Somali...

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Oceanic Travel Conditions and American Immigration, 1890-1914

Keeling, Drew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The pace and incidence of improvements to oceanic travel conditions for American immigrants, during the quarter century preceeding the First World War, were significantly constrained by shipping lines’ capacity considerations. The improvements had no detectable impact on the overall volume of...

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The contribution of Coastal Shipping in the Regional Development of the Greek Islands. The Case of the Southern Aegean Region

Sambracos, Evangelos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

important means of transporting goods, and the primary means with over 70%, of passenger transportation. Therefore the …

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How Important is Technology? A Counterfactual Analysis

Yilmazkuday, Hakan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

and regional variables? This paper studies the impact of productivity changes in the goods sector and the transportation … costs, a transportation sector is modeled to allow an efficient distribution of workers across the production and … transportation sectors. The state level data from the U.S. support the model, and the comparative statics exercises have several …

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Understanding Interstate Trade Patterns

Yilmazkuday, Hakan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper models interstate trade patterns of U.S. states using a partial equilibrium trade model. The theoretical model deviates from the existing gravity literature by employing trade estimations in ratio form, with the ratio of imports from different sources, rather than the level of...

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The Low Countries’ export trade in textiles with the Mediterranean basin, 1200-1600: a cost-benefit analysis of comparative advantages in overland and maritime trade routes

Munro, John H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom in European economic history that long-distance maritime transport was always more cost-effective than overland trade routes. Thus the majority of historians in the past century have attributed the rapid decline of the medieval Champagne Fairs,...

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Policy for better Air Quality in Asia: Proposal for a Policy Evaluation Method for four ASEAN Countries.

Hirota, Keiko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Four ASEAN countries Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are facing major air pollution problems due to rapid economic growth, urbanization and motorization. Mortality and respiratory diseases caused by air pollution are believed to be endemic in cities of these countries....

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RFID chips: enabling the efficient exchange of information

Heng, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

More and more companies are using RFID radio chip technology to boost their competitiveness. Yet RFID not only enhances the efficiency of the company deploying it. It also promotes innovativeness in the economy as a whole. Nevertheless, not every RFID project driven by a technological vision...

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