Determinants of European freight rates: The role of market power and trade imbalance

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-33

  De Oliveira, Gabriel Figueiredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Freight rates; Surcharges; Trade imbalance

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

BROKEN DOWN; CONNECTIVITY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FREIGHT RATES; MARKET POWER; SHIPPING LANES; SURCHARGE; TRADE IMBALANCE; TWO-COMPONENT;

COMMERCE;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; IMPORT; MARKET SYSTEM; SHIPPING; TRADE FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 84890963479     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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