Key themes in shipping economics research / Kevin Cullinane -- Survey of the modelling of dry bulk and tanker markets / D.R. Glen and B.T. Martin -- Econometric modelling of newbuilding and secondhand ship prices / H.E. Haralambides, S.D. Tsolakis, C. Cridland -- Cross-industry comparisons of the behaviour of stock returns in shipping, transportation and other industries / Manolis G. Kavussanos, Stelios N. Marcoulis -- Fiscal treatment of shipping: a Canadian perspective on shipping policy / Mary R. Brooks and J. Richard Hodgson -- Determinants of vessel flag / Jan Hoffman, Ricardo J. Sanchez, Wayne K. Talley -- Container shipping industry and the impact of China's accession to the WTO / Kevin Cullinane -- Liner shipping strategy, network structuring and competitive advantage: a chain systems perspective / Ross Robinson.
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This book is concerned with the economics of this pivotal mode of transportation. It reveals that the influences on the development and current state of shipping economics are extremely eclectic. The various chapters in the book represent areas that are of central concern to ongoing research in the field. As such the book is useful to students, researchers, industrialists, policy makers and consultants. The authors of the contributed chapters are some of the leading names in the world of shipping economics.