International supply chains are dependent on ease of crossing borders and efficient
connectivity in terms of price, speed, and reliability. Communication costs explain why …

Abstract The Malacca Strait region is of strategic importance in terms of global maritime
security between Asia and the Middle East, and between Europe and North America …

Maritime transportation is vital for the movement of cargo between different continents and
distant locations but can be disrupted by the frequent occurrence of pirate attacks. Based on …

Supply security is threatened by technical, business, natural and policy shocks, as well as
geopolitical tensions. Is there a rationale for policy intervention? If yes, what are efficient and …

Maritime piracy is a serious worldwide challenge that affects the maritime industry. As a
result, in the past years, the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region has seen a sharp upsurge in pirate …

Global container ship movements may reliably predict trade flows. First, this paper provides
the methodology to construct maritime shipping time series from a dataset comprising …

International supply chains are dependent on ease of crossing borders and efficient
connectivity in terms of price, speed, and reliability. Initially responding to demand from …

The transportation sector is the backbone of international trade and has faced multiple
disruptions in recent years. I study the substitutability of different transport modes (such as …

International supply chains are dependent on ease of crossing borders and efficient
connectivity in terms of price, speed, and reliability. Communication costs explain why …

This paper exploits a severe period of low water levels on major inland shipping routes in
Europe as a natural experiment to investigate the repercussions of a supply chain shock on …