The trade-reducing effects of restrictions on liner shipping (English)

This paper examines how policy governing the liner shipping sector affects maritime transport costs and seaborne trade flows. The paper uses a novel data set and finds that restrictions, particularly on foreign investment, increase maritime transport costs, strongly but unevenly. The cost-inflating effect ranges from 24 to 50 percent and trade on some routes may be inhibited altogether. Distance increases maritime transport costs, but also attenuates...

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Bertho,Fabien;

Borchert,Ingo;

Mattoo,Aaditya;
Document Date
2014/06/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6921
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2014/06/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The trade-reducing effects of restrictions on liner shipping
Keywords
transport cost

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Bertho,Fabien; Borchert,Ingo; Mattoo,Aaditya.

The trade-reducing effects of restrictions on liner shipping (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6921 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/273221468169147149

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