Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter?
Maritime transport costs significantly impede international trade. This article examines why these costs are so high in some countries and quantifies the importance of two explanations: restrictive trade policies and private anticompetitive practic...
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okr-10986-171912021-04-23T14:03:29Z Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Carsten Neagu, Ileana Cristina ADVERTISING AIR AIR SERVICES AIR TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVE MODES ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BERTHING BIDDING CABOTAGE CARGO CARGO HANDLING CARGO RATES CARRIER CARRIERS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON CARRIERS CONTAINER TERMINALS CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS CONTESTABILITY CONTESTABLE MARKET COST INCREASES CRUDE OIL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES DEMAND ELASTICITIES DOMESTIC MARKET DRY BULK ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FARES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN PORTS FOREIGN SHIPS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FREIGHT TRANSPORT HARBORS INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INVENTORY JOURNEY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER CONFERENCES LINER OPERATORS LINER SERVICES LINER SHIPPING LONGER DISTANCES MANUFACTURING MARITIME INDUSTRY MARITIME POLICY MARITIME POLICY MANAGEMENT MARITIME SECTOR MARITIME SERVICES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARITIME TRANSPORTATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE IMPORTS MERCHANT MARINES MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLY NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OCEAN CARRIERS OCEAN FREIGHT OCEAN FREIGHT RATES PASSENGERS POLICE PORT ASSETS PORT AUTHORITIES PORT AUTHORITY PORT CONCESSIONS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT OF ENTRY PORT PERFORMANCE PORT REFORM PORTS PREDATORY PRICING PRICE COMPETITION PRICE FIXING PRICE SETTING PRICE STABILITY PROFITABLE ROUTES ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SEAPORTS SHIP OWNERS SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING CHARGES SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING COMPANY SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING INDUSTRY SHIPPING LINES SHIPPING RATES SHIPPING ROUTES SHIPS SPREAD STEVEDORING SUPPLIERS TERMINAL OPERATORS TONNAGE TOWING TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CROSSING TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION TRAMP SHIPPING TRANSIT TRANSPORT CHARGES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT PRICE TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE VOLATILITY WAREHOUSING Maritime transport costs significantly impede international trade. This article examines why these costs are so high in some countries and quantifies the importance of two explanations: restrictive trade policies and private anticompetitive practices. It finds that both matter, but the latter have a greater impact. Trade liberalization and the breakup of private carrier agreements would lead to an average of one-third lower liner transport prices and to cost savings of up to US dollar 3 billion on goods carried to the United States alone. The policy implications are clear: there is a need not only for further liberalization of government policy but also for strengthened international disciplines on restrictive business practices. The authors propose an approach to developing such disciplines in the current round of services negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). 2014-02-26T22:24:39Z 2014-02-26T22:24:39Z 2002-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/17737141/trade-international-maritime-services-much-policy-matter World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17191 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research |
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ADVERTISING AIR AIR SERVICES AIR TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVE MODES ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BERTHING BIDDING CABOTAGE CARGO CARGO HANDLING CARGO RATES CARRIER CARRIERS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON CARRIERS CONTAINER TERMINALS CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS CONTESTABILITY CONTESTABLE MARKET COST INCREASES CRUDE OIL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES DEMAND ELASTICITIES DOMESTIC MARKET DRY BULK ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FARES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN PORTS FOREIGN SHIPS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FREIGHT TRANSPORT HARBORS INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INVENTORY JOURNEY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER CONFERENCES LINER OPERATORS LINER SERVICES LINER SHIPPING LONGER DISTANCES MANUFACTURING MARITIME INDUSTRY MARITIME POLICY MARITIME POLICY MANAGEMENT MARITIME SECTOR MARITIME SERVICES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARITIME TRANSPORTATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE IMPORTS MERCHANT MARINES MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLY NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OCEAN CARRIERS OCEAN FREIGHT OCEAN FREIGHT RATES PASSENGERS POLICE PORT ASSETS PORT AUTHORITIES PORT AUTHORITY PORT CONCESSIONS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT OF ENTRY PORT PERFORMANCE PORT REFORM PORTS PREDATORY PRICING PRICE COMPETITION PRICE FIXING PRICE SETTING PRICE STABILITY PROFITABLE ROUTES ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SEAPORTS SHIP OWNERS SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING CHARGES SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING COMPANY SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING INDUSTRY SHIPPING LINES SHIPPING RATES SHIPPING ROUTES SHIPS SPREAD STEVEDORING SUPPLIERS TERMINAL OPERATORS TONNAGE TOWING TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CROSSING TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION TRAMP SHIPPING TRANSIT TRANSPORT CHARGES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT PRICE TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE VOLATILITY WAREHOUSING |
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ADVERTISING AIR AIR SERVICES AIR TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVE MODES ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BERTHING BIDDING CABOTAGE CARGO CARGO HANDLING CARGO RATES CARRIER CARRIERS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON CARRIERS CONTAINER TERMINALS CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS CONTESTABILITY CONTESTABLE MARKET COST INCREASES CRUDE OIL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES DEMAND ELASTICITIES DOMESTIC MARKET DRY BULK ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FARES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN PORTS FOREIGN SHIPS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FREIGHT TRANSPORT HARBORS INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INVENTORY JOURNEY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER CONFERENCES LINER OPERATORS LINER SERVICES LINER SHIPPING LONGER DISTANCES MANUFACTURING MARITIME INDUSTRY MARITIME POLICY MARITIME POLICY MANAGEMENT MARITIME SECTOR MARITIME SERVICES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARITIME TRANSPORTATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FORCES MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE IMPORTS MERCHANT MARINES MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLY NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OCEAN CARRIERS OCEAN FREIGHT OCEAN FREIGHT RATES PASSENGERS POLICE PORT ASSETS PORT AUTHORITIES PORT AUTHORITY PORT CONCESSIONS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT OF ENTRY PORT PERFORMANCE PORT REFORM PORTS PREDATORY PRICING PRICE COMPETITION PRICE FIXING PRICE SETTING PRICE STABILITY PROFITABLE ROUTES ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SEAPORTS SHIP OWNERS SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING CHARGES SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING COMPANY SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING INDUSTRY SHIPPING LINES SHIPPING RATES SHIPPING ROUTES SHIPS SPREAD STEVEDORING SUPPLIERS TERMINAL OPERATORS TONNAGE TOWING TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CROSSING TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION TRAMP SHIPPING TRANSIT TRANSPORT CHARGES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT PRICE TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE VOLATILITY WAREHOUSING Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Carsten Neagu, Ileana Cristina Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
| description |
Maritime transport costs significantly
impede international trade. This article examines why these
costs are so high in some countries and quantifies the
importance of two explanations: restrictive trade policies
and private anticompetitive practices. It finds that both
matter, but the latter have a greater impact. Trade
liberalization and the breakup of private carrier agreements
would lead to an average of one-third lower liner transport
prices and to cost savings of up to US dollar 3 billion on
goods carried to the United States alone. The policy
implications are clear: there is a need not only for further
liberalization of government policy but also for
strengthened international disciplines on restrictive
business practices. The authors propose an approach to
developing such disciplines in the current round of services
negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| format |
Journal Article |
| author |
Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Carsten Neagu, Ileana Cristina |
| author_facet |
Fink, Carsten Mattoo, Carsten Neagu, Ileana Cristina |
| author_sort |
Fink, Carsten |
| title |
Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
| title_short |
Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
| title_full |
Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
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Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
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Trade in International Maritime Services : How Much Does Policy Matter? |
| title_sort |
trade in international maritime services : how much does policy matter? |
| publisher |
Washington, DC: World Bank |
| publishDate |
2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/17737141/trade-international-maritime-services-much-policy-matter http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17191 |
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