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We present a two-country four-region model of new economic geography that partly endogenizes the level of trade costs. Contrary to the existing literature, we assume that international unit shipping costs depend on the volume of trade, due to the presence of density (dis)economies. We show that...
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We study how density (dis)economies in interregional transportation influence location patterns in a standard new …
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The transportation sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for around one …-quarter of current annual emissions. Surface transportation (passenger vehicles, buses, rail, and freight transportation … recently released 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC (September 2013), the transportation sector is expected to grow …
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Mobile object analysis is a well-studied area of transportation and geographic information science (GIScience). Mobile …
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Transportation spending often plays a prominent role in government efforts to stimulate the economy during downturns …. Yet, despite the frequent use of transportation spending as a form of fiscal stimulus, there is little known about its … other developed economies and compares the effects of transportation spending to those of other types of government spending. …
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led to large streams of goods all over the world. The production, transportation, storage and consumption of all these …, planning and control in a supply chain for transportation, inventory of products and facility decisions. While doing this, we …
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With limited economic and physical resources, it is not feasible to continually expand transportation infrastructure to … transportation management and coordination systems. The effectiveness of a new technique can be evaluated by comparing it with the …
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deciding on it, firms usually allow for transportation costs, but not supplier prices. We consider simultaneously the location … attempts to minimize the sum of the price charged by a chosen supplier, and inbound and outbound transportation costs. No costs …
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This paper presents the results of an analysis aiming to evaluate the quality of public transport services in Bucharest. The analysis was performed from two perspectives: the perceived quality of passengers and the quality desired by them. This paper will provide information on the impact that...
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,000 sources of GHGs in the lower 48 states including both transportation sources and electric power generation. For coal …
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