Transport and international trade

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.

Contents:
Transport Costs and Trade over Time - D. Hummels;
Trade and Transport Facilitation: European Accession and Capacity Building Priorities - J. Wilson, X. Luo and H. Broadman;
Infrastructure, Trade Costs and the Gains from International Trade - A. Venables.

Joint Transport Research Centre: Round Tables on Transport Economics http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/roundtables.html

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