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Transporte y cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe : Brechas de conocimiento y prioridades de investigación
Beltrán, Carlos; Rivas, María Eugenia; Calatayud, Agustina - 2024
El cambio climático (CC) representa uno de los desafíos globales más grandes en la actualidad. A nivel global, las emisiones de dióxido de carbono (CO2) provenientes del sector transporte representan el 25% del total. En el caso de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), el sector genera el 40%...
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India's role in facilitating trade under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Prakash, Shravani; Kalita, Pallavi - 2013
Economic integration in South Asia is governed by India's relations with the other economies of the region and it is also at the helm of all trade facilitation and transit issues of the region. Concessions given by India under SAFTA for LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to...
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The external cost of European crude oil imports
Bigano, Andrea; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Sferra, Fabio; … - 2009
This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...
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Shaky roads and trembling exports : assessing the trade effects of domestic infrastructure using a natural experiment
Volpe Martincus, Christian; Blyde, Juan S. - 2012
Our knowledge of the trade effects of domestic infrastructure is very limited. The reason is twofold. First, data needed to examine these effects are not readily available. Second, identifying such effects requires properly addressing potential endogeneity problems affecting the relationship...
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Intensity and the importance of country level differences : an analysis of the relationship between per capita emissions and population density
Longden, Thomas - 2015
Previous studies have found an inverse (or negative) correlation between urban population density and per capita emissions from land transport. In contrast, this paper finds a positive relationship between per capita CO2 emissions from transport and population density using a dataset of over 200...
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The role of waterways in promoting urban resilience : the case of Kochi City
Aziz, Zeba; Ray, Indro; Paul, Sandeep - 2018
Coastal cities around the world are locales of high vulnerability. The issues are graver in the developing world where the challenges posed by the urbanisation and climate change multiply the existing risks. Here, we examine the case of Kochi, an Indian city located at the centre of a rapidly...
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Facilitating India-Pakistan trade through the land route
Taneja, Nisha; Dayal, Isha; Bimal, Samridhi - 2016
Improvements in the land route between India and Pakistan can help lower transaction costs which can play in important role in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Connecting India and Pakistan by the land route offers gains not only to the two countries but would spread over...
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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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Efectos económicos y ambientales del plan de descarbonización de Costa Rica : una aplicación de la plataforma IEEM al sector de energía y transporte
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín - 2021
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La enfermedad de costos de baumol y el transporte público
Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Price, Juan José - 2020
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