Trade facilitation, transport costs and the price of trucking services in East Africa
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Keywords
trade facilitation; transport corridors; East African Community; trucking;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
- R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INT-2018-07-23 (International Trade)
- NEP-TRE-2018-07-23 (Transport Economics)
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