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The survey on international freight rates in Italy: methods and results

Pastori, Enrico; Tagliavia, Miriam; Tosti, Enrico; … - Banca d'Italia - 2014

The paper describes the methodology and the main results of the sample survey on international merchandise transport that the Bank of Italy has carried out since 1999, with a reconstruction of the aggregate time series to 1989. We have obtained information on the different transport modes from...

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Making the Most of Public Investment in MENA and CCA Oil-Exporting Countries

Albino-War, Maria A; Cerovic, Svetlana; Grigoli, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Over the past decade, rising oil prices have translated into high levels of public investment in most MENA and CCA oil exporters. This has prompted questions about the efficiency of public investment in generating growth and closing infrastructure gaps, as well as concerns about fiscal...

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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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An Agenda for Italian Airports. Future Investments, Management and Regulation

Emilio, Signorini Paolo; Micaela, Celio - In: Economia dei Servizi (2011) 1, pp. 95-118

This paper examines factors underlying the investment decisions on airport infrastructures and the main features of the economic related regulation in Italy. In order to evaluate the system's future capacity to compete globally and at an intermodal level following the forecasted increase in the...

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Regional rail transport: travelling towards competition?

Simona, Benedettini; Carlo, Stagnaro - In: Mercato Concorrenza Regole (2014) 2, pp. 329-354

A fine 2014 giungeranno a naturale scadenza molti dei "Contratti di Servizio" stipulati dalle Regioni con Trenitalia, operatore "incumbent" per il servizio di trasporto ferroviario passeggeri in Italia, per la fornitura del servizio regionale. I governatori di alcune Regioni hanno annunciato...

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History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railroads, Settlers and Cities in Kenya

Jedwab, Remi; Kerby, Edward; Moradi, Alexander - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

Little is known about the extent and forces of urban path dependence in developing countries. Railroad construction in colonial Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the emergence and persistence of this spatial equilibrium. Using new data at a fine spatial level over one century...

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Concentration and price trends in the US domestic airline industry: 1990â€“2000

Lee, Darin - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 9 (2003) 2, pp. 91-101

This paper analyzes concentration and price changes in the US domestic airline industry throughout the 1990s. In general, we find that national measures of concentration remained relatively flat throughout the 1990s while overall airline prices fell significantly in real terms. These findings...

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Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

This report presents the results of purchasing power parities (PPPs) in the 2011 International Comparison Program in Asia and the Pacific and background information on the concepts that underpin the results. The PPPs are disaggregated by major economic aggregates that enable robust cross-country...

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The Long Run Impact of Biofuels on Food Prices

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Moreaux, … - CESifo - 2012

More than 40% of US corn is now used to produce biofuels, which are used as substitutes for gasoline in transportation …

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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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