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Estimating transport costs and trade barriers in China: direct evidence from Chinese agricultural traders / Zhigang Li; Xiaohua Yu; Zeng, Yinchu; Holst, Rainer

Xiaohua Yu	Journal Article
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2012.

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Using a unique survey data on agricultural traders in China in 2004, this study provides direct evidence on the significance of inter-regional trade barriers and their key components. Our major findings are as follows. (1) The trade barriers within China are fairly small, accounting for about 20% of trade value. (2) Transport and non-transport costs respectively contribute 42% and 58% to the trade barriers. (3) Labor and transport-related taxes are the two largest proportions of total transport costs, and respectively account for 35% and 30%. (4) Artificial trade barriers created by the government are not sizable as we perceived. (5) Road quality is crucial for reducing transport costs within China: increasing transport speed by 1 km per hour, the total transport costs for Chinese agricultural traders would decrease by 0.6%, mainly due to improved fuel-burning efficiency and reduced labor requirement.

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China ; Infrastructure ; Transport Costs ; Agricultural Traders

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Petroleum prices and poverty in Laos / Warr, Peter

Warr, Peter	Journal Article
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2011.

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Poverty Incidence ; General Equilibrium ; Lao PDR ; Petroleum Prices ; Transport Costs

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Price of modern maritime piracy / Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Bensassi, Sami

Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada	Journal Article
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2013.

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A growing body of literature has recently focused on the economic origins and consequences of modern maritime piracy and on the perception that the international community has failed to control it. This paper aims to investigate maritime transport costs as one of the channels through which modern maritime piracy could have a major impact on the global economy. A transport-cost equation is estimated using a newly released data-set on maritime transport costs from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development together with data on maritime piracy from the International Maritime Bureau. Our results show that maritime piracy significantly increases trade costs between Europe and Asia.

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Maritime Piracy ; Maritime Trade ; Panel Data ; Transport Costs

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