Market Development and Policy for One Belt One Road

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Market Development and Policy for One Belt One Road
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Chapter 1: An introductory overview of the Belt and Road Initiative studies
Chapter 2: China's Belt and Road Initiative: Quantifying the causal relationship between maritime connectivity and global
	1. The Belt and Road Initiative's role in improving transport connectivity and trade
	2. Literature review
	3. Extended gravity model for B exports
	4. Data analysis and results
	5. Discussion and policy implications
	6. Conclusions for market development
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 3: China's recent railway developments and policy reforms
	1. Introduction
	2. Recent railway developments in China
		2.1. Overall rail sector developments and major reforms
		2.2. China-Euro Railway Express (CR Express)
	3. China's HSR developments
		3.1. Overall HSR developments
		3.2. HSR express freight service
		3.3. HSR construction financing
		3.4. HSR impact on spatial disparities
	4. Conclusions and future research
	References
Chapter 4: Effects of the ``Belt and Road´´ initiative on the cruise industry
	1. Introduction
	2. Overview of BRI
	3. Cruise policy in BRI
		3.1. BRI brings new opportunities for China's cruise industry
		3.2. Promoting port construction and linking China with other countries
		3.3. Strengthening tourism collaboration
		3.4. Encouraging cooperation on tourism visas
	4. Exploring the cruise market along BRI
	5. Identifying and evaluating the possible cruise itinerary along BRI
		5.1. Itineraries along the Belt and Road are heating up fast
		5.2. An important fulcrum for international cooperation in the Belt and Road: Xiamen
		5.3. Costa launched a dream trip to respond positively to the Belt and Road
		5.4. Expansion of the international circle of friends with Belt and Road
	6. Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: The investment efficiency of overseas ports: Three macroscopic factors
	1. Introduction
	2. Overview of Chinese overseas port investment
		2.1. Five stages of Chinese overseas port investment
		2.2. Who are the investors
		2.3. Relevant factors of port investment efficiency
	3. Three port case studies
		3.1. Port of Piraeus
		3.2. Hambantota Port
		3.3. Gwadar Port
	4. Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6: Impacts of air transport subsidies on landlocked developing countries connectivity under the ``One Bel
	1. Introduction
	2. The One Belt, One Road initiative: An overview
	3. Landlocked developing countries and definitions of landlockedness
	4. Key problems and challenges among LLDCs
		4.1. Being landlocked
		4.2. Insufficient transport infrastructure
		4.3. Higher transport costs to access international markets
	5. Obligation to support LLDCs air connectivity: Five key reasons
	6. Air transport improves connectivity and eradicates landlockedness
		6.1. The case of Nepal
	7. Rationale for supporting the essential air services of in small communities through air transport subsidies
	8. A ``win-win´´ outcome for LLDCs and partner countries benefiting from improved air connectivity resulting from air tra ...
	9. Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 7: Collusive pricing detection in ocean container transport: A case study of Maritime Silk Road
	1. Introduction
	2. Literature review
	3. Collusion detection model
		3.1. Uniform pricing
		3.2. Only one pair collusive pricing
		3.3. Both pairs collusive pricing
	4. Analysis of the collusive pricing solutions
	5. Case study
	6. Discussion and policy implications
	7. Conclusion
	Appendix A
	Appendix B
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 8: An infrastructure investment game: Or, why the belt and road initiative can represent an equilibrium outcome
	1. Introduction
	2. The model
	3. Investment behaviors
		3.1. Best capacity responses
		3.2. Equilibrium investments
	4. Oligopoly and import taxes
		4.1. Demand functions
		4.2. Equilibrium prices
		4.3. Welfare assessment
	5. Conclusions
	References
	Further reading
Chapter 9: High-speed rail and air transport integration in hub-and-spoke networks: The role of airports
	1. Introduction
	2. Literature review
	3. Incentives to intermodal cooperation
	4. The model
	5. Benchmark case: No agreement
	6. Air-rail cooperation
		6.1. Traffic volumes
		6.2. Landing fee
		6.3. Cooperation or competition?
	7. The role of airports
	8. Discussion and concluding remarks
	Appendix
		Equilibrium profits
	References
Chapter 10: On impacts of Pakistan Railways Main Line 1 on ``North China-EU´´ export transit-Taking export tran
	1. Introduction
	2. Research tools
	3. Probability distribution model and parameter analysis of North China-Europe export channel
		3.1. Distribution probability of each export channel
		3.2. Demand price elasticity of Pakistan channel and its cross-price elasticity to the sea channel
	4. Empirical analysis of the probability distribution model of the North China-Europe export channel
		4.1. Basic export data of North China-Europe
		4.2. Influence of different time preference coefficients λ on route assignment
		4.3. Impacts of Pakistani channel freight rate on export route selection
		4.4. Impacts of freight rate of Pakistan channel on shipping
		4.5. Income analysis of Pakistan and Singapore under the double variable constraint of shipping freight rate and Pakistan ...
	5. Conclusions and emerging directions
		5.1. Concluding remarks
		5.2. Emerging directions
	Acknowledgments
	References
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