This book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. In view of the current dominant role of road transport and the increasing difficulties in coping with a growing number of vehicles in an efficient and sustainable way, intermodal freight transport...

This paper explores possible ways in which growth in Internet retailing (e-retailing) may affect the spatial distribution of economic activities. After a brief overview of e-retailing, a categorization of possible spatial impacts is introduced. These include impacts on the retail industry, such...

This paper focuses on the labor force participation and earnings of the working age disabled in the United States, as they vary by gender, age, and minority status. Expenditure on public and private sector programs targeted to persons with disabilities exceed $100 billion for approximately 8m...