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Geographical Variations in Transport Costs of Manufacturing Firms in Great Britain

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  • P. Tyler

    (Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge)

  • M. Kitson

    (Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge)

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The authors examine the extent to which there are geographical variations in transport costs for manufacturing firms in Great Britain. A new methodology is adopted which provides important new insights and which avoids many of the limitations of earlier work. The research presents a new index of transport accessibility for different types of industry by a thirty area disaggregation in Great Britain and translates the accessibility measure into an index of economic cost using up-to-date information provided by the Road Hauliers Association. Overall the research gives some support to the findings of earlier work on the size of variations in transport costs at the level of standard region in Great Britain, but finds significant sub-regional variation.

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  • P. Tyler & M. Kitson, 1987. "Geographical Variations in Transport Costs of Manufacturing Firms in Great Britain," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 24(1), pages 61-73, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:24:y:1987:i:1:p:61-73
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988720080051
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    1. McCann, Philip, 2001. "A proof of the relationship between optimal vehicle size, haulage length and the structure of distance-transport costs," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 35(8), pages 671-693, September.
    2. M Chisholm, 1992. "Britain, the European Community, and the Centralisation of Production: Theory and Evidence, Freight Movements," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(4), pages 551-570, April.
    3. Euijune Kim & Seung‐Woon Moon & Yoojin Yi, 2021. "Analyzing spillover effects of development of Asian highway on regional growth of Northeast Asian countries," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(3), pages 1243-1266, August.

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