Swedish Freight Demand: Short, Medium, and Long Term Elasticities
(2012) In Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 46. p.79-97- Abstract
- This paper explores empirical linkages between cycles and trends in freight transportation activity and real economic activity in Sweden. It decomposes freight demand into short-term, medium-term and long-term components and analyzes differences and similarities of the three time horizons. The finding is that freight demand is coupled with GDP over the long-term and that there are no signs of decoupling. Freight demand, furthermore, is highly volatile over the short to medium term and these fluctuations are largely an effect of temporary changes in imports and exports.
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- author
- Andersson, Fredrik N G LU and Elger, Thomas LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- freight demand, economic growth, business cycles
- in
- Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
- volume
- 46
- pages
- 79 - 97
- publisher
- University of Bath
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- wos:000299361400005
- scopus:84856036262
- ISSN
- 0022-5258
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 1204db06-0a85-4c35-96ed-a222b64d8a31 (old id 1852907)
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