TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Douglas H. AU - Hummels,David ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs: building for trade SN - 9781781953273 (e-book) AV - HC79.C3 I54 2009 PY - 2009///?] CY - [Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Infrastructure (Economics) KW - Asia KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar publishing"--Cover; Title from cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and Christopher Thornberg -- 4. Empirical estimates of transportation costs : options for enhancing Asia's trade / Prabir De -- 5. Port competitiveness : a case study of Semarang and Surabaya, Indonesia / Arianto A. Patunru, Nanda Nurridzki and Rivayani -- 6. Infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia : the importance of FDI and exports / Tham Siew Yean, Evelyn Devadason and Loke Wai Heng -- 7. Infrastructure development in a fast-growing economy : the People's Republic of China / Liqiang Ma and Jinkang Zhang -- 8. Trade transportation costs in South Asia : an empirical investigation / Prabir De N2 - This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs UR - http://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848441620.xml ER -