{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-maritime-economics-isbn-9781444330243","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics","description":"\u003cb\u003eMaritime Economics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of shipping and port economics. Featuring contributions from the most respected international specialists in the field, this reference offers up-to-date insights into maritime carriers and their markets (e.g., freight, intermodal and passenger), shipping economics (e.g., dry bulk, liquid bulk, container, regulation, taxation, seafaring, safety and piracy), ship economics (e.g., equity, bond and hedging ship finance) and port economics (e.g., governance, labor, competition, efficiency, choice, investment, clusters, inspection and security). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to providing a comprehensive survey of the literature on past and current practices on a wide range of maritime topics, new empirical research on safety and piracy in shipping, ship finance, and container terminal efficiency is presented as well as original theories for maritime carriers and ports that provide greater insights into their operations. With its unprecedented breadth of coverage and range of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the new standard resource for any and all topics related to maritime economics. List of Figures x \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 General Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne K. Talley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Evolution of Maritime Economics 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrevor D. Heaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Business of Shipping: An Historical Perspective 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIngo Heidbrink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 International Seaborne Trade 52\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Tamvakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Maritime Carriers and Markets 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Maritime Carriers in Theory 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne K. Talley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Maritime Freight Markets 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSiri Pettersen Strandenes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Intermodalism and New Trade Flows 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLixian Fan, Mohan M. Koehler and Wesley W. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Cruise Lines and Passengers 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Véronneau and Jacques Roy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ferry Passenger Markets 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTor Wergeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Shipping Economics 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Dry Bulk Shipping 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Gratsos, Helen A. Thanopoulou and Albert W. Veenstra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Liquid Bulk Shipping 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDimitrios V. Lyridis and Panayotis Zacharioudakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Container Shipping 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheo Notteboom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 New Business Models and Strategies in Shipping 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Lorange and\u003c\/i\u003e Ø\u003ci\u003eystein D. Fjeldstad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Shipping Regulatory Institutions and Regulations 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul G. Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Shipping Taxation 304\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Marlow and Kyriaki Mitroussi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Seafarers and Seafaring 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Leggate McLaughlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Safety in Shipping 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDi Jin, Hauke Kite-Powell and Wayne K. Talley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Piracy in Shipping 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaximo Q. Mejia, Jr., Pierre Cariou and François-Charles Wolff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Ship Economics 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Economics of Ships 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarilaos N. Psaraftis, Dimitrios V. Lyridis and Christos A. Kontovas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ship Finance: US Public Equity Markets 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCostas Th. Grammenos and Nikos C. Papapostolou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ship Finance: US High Yield Bond Market 417\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCostas Th. Grammenos and Nikos C. Papapostolou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ship Finance: Hedging Ship Price Risk using Freight Derivatives 433\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmir H. Alizadeh and Nikos K. Nomikos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Marine Insurance 452\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStanley Mutenga and Christopher Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Port Economics 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Ports in Theory 473\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne K. Talley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Port Governance 491\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary R. Brooks and Athanasios A. Pallis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Port Labor 517\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Turnbull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Port Competition and Competitiveness 549\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheo Notteboom and Wei Yim Yap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Container Terminal Effi ciency and Private Sector Participation 571\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBaris Demirel, Kevin Cullinane and Hercules Haralambides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Determinants of Users’ Port Choice 599\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhotis Panayides and Dong-Wook Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Port Investment and Finance 623\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSander Dekker and Robert J. Verhaeghe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ports as Clusters of Economic Activity 638\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter W. de Langen and Elvira Haezendonck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Port State Control Inspection Deficiencies 656\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre Cariou, François-Charles Wolff and Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Port Security: The ISPS Code 674\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdolf K. Y. Ng and George K. Vaggelas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Port Security and the Quality of Port Interchange Service 701\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne K. Talley and Venus Y. H. Lun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 717\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This comprehensive and up-to-date book is a fine contribution to the maritime economics literature, and will surely be the standard reference in the field for a number of years. I have been teaching Maritime Economics and Logistics course for advanced undergraduate\/graduate students at UBC and have been searching for a proper reference textbook. With the publication of this book, my search ends happily.”  (\u003ci\u003eExpofairs.com\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne K. Talley\u003c\/b\u003e is the Frederick W. Beazley Professor of Economics, Eminent Scholar and Executive Director of the Maritime Institute at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. He is an Honorary Chair Professor, Honorary Guest Professor and Honorary Visiting Professor at the National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan), Shanghai Maritime University (China) and City University (London, U.K.), respectively. Also, he is the Editorin-Chief of \u003ci\u003eTransportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of shipping and port economics. Featuring contributions from the most respected international specialists in the field, this reference offers up-to-date insights into maritime carriers and their markets (e.g., freight, intermodal and passenger), shipping economics (e.g., dry bulk, liquid bulk, container, regulation, taxation, seafaring, safety and piracy), ship economics (e.g., equity, bond and hedging ship finance) and port economics (e.g., governance, labor, competition, efficiency, choice, investment, clusters, inspection and security).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to providing a comprehensive survey of the literature on past and current practices on a wide range of maritime topics, new empirical research on safety and piracy in shipping, ship finance, and container terminal efficiency is presented as well as original theories for maritime carriers and ports that provide greater insights into their operations. With its unprecedented breadth of coverage and range of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the new standard resource for any and all topics related to maritime economics.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive and up-to-date book is a fine contribution to the maritime economics literature, and will surely be the standard reference in the field for a number of years. I have been teaching Maritime Economics and Logistics course for advanced undergraduate\/graduate students at UBC and have been searching for a proper reference textbook. With the publication of this book, my search ends happily.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA first-rate work. (This resource) brings together specialists in a number of related fields to write concise accounts of their subjects from theoretical and\/or empirical and survey perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-David J Starkey, University of Hull\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990169600229,"sku":"NP9781444330243","price":252.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444330243.jpg?v=1761786770","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-maritime-economics-isbn-9781444330243","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}