Current Issues in Maritime Economics

__Current Issues in Maritime Economics__ contains a selection of the papers presented at an international conference held in Rotterdam, June 1991. The book contains 11 papers from many world leaders in maritime economic analysis and will be of interest to shipping professsionals as well as to students of the field. __Current Issues in Maritime Economics__ addresses three major areas of interest. First, contributors discuss the rapidly changing international context. Second, the relationship between market structure and the workability of competition is analyzed. The final area concerns the decision processes of firms in the changing shipping world. Individually these papers might have found their way into volumes on subjects as disparate as business finance, industrial structure, mathematical modelling or political philosophy. Together they offer a broad representation of both the issues and the style of analysis adopted by many of the world's leading maritime economists. Front Matter....Pages iii-vii Maritime Economics in Transition?....Pages 1-7 Some Reflections on the Causes of Growth of Korean Shipping....Pages 8-21 Transition from a Planned to a Market Economy: Problems, Tasks, and First Results in Shipping of Eastern Germany....Pages 22-35 Perspectives and Trends of the European Short Sea Shipping Industry....Pages 36-44 Internationalism, Protectionism and Interventionism in Shipping....Pages 45-67 Workable Competition, Politics, and Competition Policy in Liner Shipping....Pages 68-84 Is the Balancing of the World Newbuilding Market on the Long Term a Goal out of Reach?....Pages 85-100 Social Costs and Pricing in Shipping....Pages 101-111 The Optimum Size of Ship and the Impact of User costs — an application to container shipping....Pages 112-144 Freight Futures and Chartering: A Contingent Claims Analysis Approach applied to Optimal Operational and Investment Decisions in Bulk Shipping....Pages 145-167 Sensitivity Analysis of Risk in Shipping Finance....Pages 168-177

Current Issues in Maritime Economics contains a selection of the papers presented at an international conference held in Rotterdam, June 1991. The book contains 11 papers from many world leaders in maritime economic analysis and will be of interest to shipping professsionals as well as to students of the field.
Current Issues in Maritime Economics addresses three major areas of interest. First, contributors discuss the rapidly changing international context. Second, the relationship between market structure and the workability of competition is analyzed. The final area concerns the decision processes of firms in the changing shipping world. Individually these papers might have found their way into volumes on subjects as disparate as business finance, industrial structure, mathematical modelling or political philosophy. Together they offer a broad representation of both the issues and the style of analysis adopted by many of the world's leading maritime economists.