| Description |
1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Transportation Costs and Trade over Time by D. Hummels, United States -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The import wedge: prices at home and abroad -- 3. The sourcing wedge -- 4. Cross-commodity variation: transport intensity -- 5. Conclusions -- Trade and Transport Facilitation: European Accession and Capacity Building Priorities by J. Wilson, X. Luo and H. Broadman, World Bank, United States -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trade and regional integration in Europe: empirical analysis for capacity building -- 3. Benchmarking the relationship between economic development and trade facilitation -- 4. Externalities from investment in trade facilitation -- 5. Concluding remarks: informing capacity-building policy -- Infrastructure, Trade Costs and the Gains from International Trade by A. Venables, United Kingdom -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trade costs and real income: analysis -- 3. Trade and real income: empirics -- 4. Trade costs, trade flows and infrastructure -- 5. Concluding comments -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- -Round Table debate on reports -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS |
| Summary |
With the removal of many trade policy barriers, further international economic integration depends largely on the reduction of trade costs originating in the transport sector. This Round Table presents three papers focusing on the structure and development of international transport costs over the past decades and the benefits to be expected from investment in international transport facilities and the reduction of the costs of crossing borders. The papers were provided by David Hummels (Purdue University), Anthony Venables (London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Policy Research) as well as Harry Broadman and John S. Wilson (World Bank) |
| Notes |
At head of title: Transport Research Centre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
SourceOECD |
| Subject |
Transportation -- Europe -- Congresses.
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International trade -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Transport Research Centre.
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| ISBN |
9789282113394 |
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9282113396 |
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