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The Socioeconomic Consequences of Prolonged Closure of Azerbaijan's Land and Sea Borders

Ibadoghlu, Gubad - 2024

Since March 2020, Azerbaijan has maintained the closure of its land borders with Russia, Iran, and Georgia. While initially framed as a response to the global pandemic, this decision carries profound and lasting implications. Although the government may perceive political benefits, the broader...

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Shipping inside the Box: Containerization and Trade

Cosar, A. Kerem; Pakel, Banu Demir - 2017

We quantify the effect of container technology on transport costs and trade by estimating the modal choice between containerization and breakbulk shipping using micro-level trade data. The model is motivated by novel facts that relate container usage to shipment, destination and firm...

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A primer for working with the Spatial Interaction modeling (SpInt) module in the python spatial analysis library (PySAL)

Oshan, Taylor - In: REGION 3 (2016) 2, pp. R11-R23

Although spatial interaction modeling is a fundamental technique to many geographic disciplines, relatively little software exists for spatial interaction modeling and for the analysis of flow data. This applies particularly to the realm of free and open source software. As a result, this primer...

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Road to Nowhere: An Assessment of Social Costs from the Use of Cars in Cypriot Cities

Zachariadis, Theodoros - In: Cyprus Economic Policy Review 2 (2008) 2, pp. 51-80

special emphasis on the importance of establishing an extensive public transportation infrastructure in Cypriot cities in …

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Energy Policy in Cyprus: Outlook and Major Challenges

Zachariadis, Theodoros - In: Cyprus Economic Policy Review 1 (2007) 1, pp. 27-48

introduction of reliable public transportation systems is an urgent priority. Plans to diversify the mix of power generation are …

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Spatial price equilibrium and the transport sector : a trade-consistent SCGE model

Ando, Asao; Meng, Bo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper presents a framework for an SCGE model that is compatible with the Armington assumption and explicitly considers transport activities. In the model, the trade coefficient takes the form of a potential function,and the equilibrium market price becomes similar to the price index of...

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STUDY ABOUT THE ROAD TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND FISCALITY IN THE ROMANIAN COMPANIES

Isai, Violeta; Radu, Riana Iren - In: Risk in Contemporary Economy (2013), pp. 149-156

commercial international exchanges, generated the transportation development in general, and especially the road transportation … land conditions, without special investments; the capacity to complete the other modalities of transportation, in order to … achieve the transportation chain; the only one type or transportation which can be done by self; the insurance of wares …

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Air travel attitudes and behaviours: The development of environment-based segments

Davison, Lisa; Littleford, Clare; Ryley, Tim - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 36 (2014) C, pp. 13-22

In an era when the transport sector is increasingly contributing to environmental damage there is a need to better understand the behavioural response of consumers. Theories such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Norm-Activation Model have had some success in explaining...

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Methods for strategic liner shipping network design

Mulder, Judith; Dekker, Rommert - In: European Journal of Operational Research 235 (2014) 2, pp. 367-377

In this paper the combined fleet-design, ship-scheduling and cargo-routing problem with limited availability of ships in liner shipping is considered. A composite solution approach is proposed in which the ports are first aggregated into port clusters to reduce the problem size. When the cargo...

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“When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”

Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014

Spain’s transport infrastructure policy has become a paradigmatic case of oversupply and of mismatch with demand. The massive expansion of the country’s transport infrastructure over the last decade has not been a response to demand bottlenecks or previously identified needs. For this...

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