Determinants of the Expansion in Container Use in U.S. Trade

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dc.contributor.advisorYi, Kei-Mu
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSorensen, Bent E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCubas Norando, German
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWong, M. C. Sunny
dc.creatorMagames, Eirini
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-03T23:44:01Z
dc.date.available2020-06-03T23:44:01Z
dc.date.createdMay 2020
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2020
dc.date.updated2020-06-03T23:44:01Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates empirically and quantitatively the determinants of containerization in the United States. Although containers were introduced in international trade in 1966, not all exports that could be containerized are containerized. The containerized share of containerizable exports grew from 61 percent in 2010 to 69 percent in 2018. The majority of this growth is driven by increase in the share of each product that is containerized, rather than a shift from exports of products that are less containerized towards exports of products that are highly containerized. This finding is consistent with supply shocks, such as declining container transport costs, as the driver of growth in containerization. Product-level regressions show that changes in containerized export shares respond negatively to changes in container transport costs caused by technological improvement in the container transport industry. I also find the effects are heterogeneous across products. Finally, to quantify the welfare gains associated with containerization, I develop a multi-country general equilibrium trade model with endogenous transport costs in which heterogeneous firms make both export and transport decisions.
dc.description.departmentEconomics, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/6637
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectTransportation
dc.subjectTransport Costs
dc.subjectContainer Shipping
dc.subjectTrade Flows
dc.titleDeterminants of the Expansion in Container Use in U.S. Trade
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentEconomics, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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