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International trade has grown rapidly over the past half century,
accommodated by the transportation industry through concomitant
growth and technological change. But while the connection between
transport and trade flows is clear, the academic literature often
looks at these two issues separately. This Handbook is unique in
pulling together the key insights of each field while highlighting
what we know about their intersection and ideas for future research
in this relatively unexamined but growing area of study. After
presenting the latest data and modeling techniques used to explain
global trade patterns, the chapters address directly the core theme
of the Handbook: the intersection of international trade and
transportation costs. Other key topics examined include trade
facilitation, trade networks, and the role of transport costs in
offshoring, foreign investment location, and the role of
intermediary firms. The Handbook is an excellent primer on the
essential concepts and references in international trade and
transport for scholars who may have their primary expertise in one
of these areas, but are not as familiar with the other. It will
also be an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate students,
graduate students, and other researchers who are relatively new to
either field. Contributors include: L. Alfaro, S.L. Baier, K.
Behrens, B.A. Blonigen, B.S. Blum, W.M. Brown, J. Carballo, Y.-T.
Chang, M.X. Chen, S. Claro, J.J. Corbett, J. Damnjanovic, P. de
Langen, F.J. Diez, P.H. Egger, L. Fan, H. Goerg, A. Hanley, J.D.
Ho, I.J. Horstmann, M.N. Jovanovic, A. Kerr, X. Li, F. Lin, H.
Meersman, D. Miljkovic, M. Moore, J. Mora, J. Njegi , T. Notteboom,
P. O'Neill, K.H. Park, S. Russell Riggs, P. Saragiotis, G. Schaur,
A.C. Spearot, C. Sys, W.K. Talley, E. Van de Voorde, T.
Vanelslander, C. Volpe Martincus, W.W. Wilson, J.J. Winebrake, Y.
Wolfmayr, Y.V. Yotov, A. Zhang, S. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang
An efficient air transport system is critical to countries
attaining and sustaining healthy economies in an increasingly
interconnected world economy. Competing successfully now means
quick shipping over long distances at reasonable rates. Societies
also prosper when people from different countries can travel around
the world using efficient transport. This volume includes
literature surveys and original empirical research examining
airline efficiency in the twenty first century. Topics cover
airline productivity, sources of airline efficiency, the cost and
scope of operations in airline transport; airline productivity for
different global regions; methodologies estimating productivity
growth and efficiency. Further chapters on sources of airline
efficiency examine fuel efficiency differences, efficiency in
different stages of production, and the contributions of
technological change, mergers, and low-cost carrier competition to
efficiency. Chapters on the cost and scope of operations examine
all-cargo carrier efficiency, gains from airline/high speed-rail
cooperation, and airport economies of scope in passenger and
freight operations.
Captured on October 11, 1863, James Riley Weaver, a Union cavalry
officer, spent nearly seventeen months in Confederate prisons.
Remarkably, Weaver kept a diary that documents 666 consecutive days
of his experience, including his cavalry duties, life in a series
of prisons throughout the South, and his return to civilian life.
It is an unparalleled eyewitness account of a crucial part of our
history. Weaver's observations never veer into romanticised
descriptions; instead, he describes the "little world" inside each
prison and outdoor camp, describing men drawn from "every class of
society, high and low, rich and poor, from every country and
clime." In addition, Weaver records details about life in the
Confederacy that he gleans from visitors, guards, new arrivals,
recaptured escapees, Southern newspapers, and even glimpses through
windows. As the editors demonstrate, Weaver's diary-keeping
provided an outlet for expressing suppressed emotions, ruminating
on a seemingly endless confinement that tested his patriotism,
religious faith, and will to survive. In the process, he provides
not only historically important information but also keen insights
into the human condition under adversity.
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