Trade liberalization, transportation and the environment
Author: Gabel, H. Landis ; Röller, Lars-HendrikINSEAD Area: Economics and Political ScienceIn: Energy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 1992 Language: EnglishDescription: p. 185-206.Type of document: INSEAD ArticleNote: Please ask us for this itemAbstract: This paper is an empirical study of the consequences of European trade liberalization for international transport demand and its environmental impact. The European market is broken into nine trading blocks, and trade flow equations for 29 industries are estimated for the period 1975-1985. A simulation of the change in volumes of trade by industry, and the distances traded goods must move, generates an estimate of the increased transport demand in each industry. Data on the modal composition of transportation in each industry then allows an aggregation of demand across industries by transport mode -truck, train, sea, and inland waterway. The study concludes that the greatest increases will be in the demand for international transportation by sea, but that in terms of land-based transportation, there will be a large relative shift from rail to road. This will have a major adverse environmental impact, which is discussed in the paper| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This paper is an empirical study of the consequences of European trade liberalization for international transport demand and its environmental impact. The European market is broken into nine trading blocks, and trade flow equations for 29 industries are estimated for the period 1975-1985. A simulation of the change in volumes of trade by industry, and the distances traded goods must move, generates an estimate of the increased transport demand in each industry. Data on the modal composition of transportation in each industry then allows an aggregation of demand across industries by transport mode -truck, train, sea, and inland waterway. The study concludes that the greatest increases will be in the demand for international transportation by sea, but that in terms of land-based transportation, there will be a large relative shift from rail to road. This will have a major adverse environmental impact, which is discussed in the paper
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