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The Panama canal today: impacts on world economy and competitionFeatured

The Panama canal today: impacts on world economy and competition

January 17th, 2014 Featured, Presentations, Viewpoints

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PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue delivered a keynote presentation on the impacts of the Panama Canal on world economy and competition, during the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) that was held in Washington DC, January 12-16, 2014.

Jean-Paul discussed the impacts  of transoceacnic passages and canals, the several induced and derived demand questions, Panama’s changing role in the global economy, the challenges to the expansion of the Panama Canal and many more issues about the legacy and future of the Canal, in a presentation that celebrated its 100 years and has been a much dicussed theme during the TRB annual meeting.

The presentation might be freely downloaded via PortEconomics.

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JeanPaul Rodrigue

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at the Department of Economics & Geography at Hofstra University since 1999. In 2008, he became part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography. Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of Shipping and Trade and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport. He is a board member of the University Transportation Research Center, Region II of the City University of New York and is a lead member of the PortEconomics.eu initiative. Dr. Rodrigue is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing and a board member of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum as well as of the International Association of Maritime Economists. In 2013, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Dr. Rodrigue to sit on the Advisory Board of the US Merchant Marine Academy. He is also the New York team leader for the MetroFreight project about city logistics. He regularly performs advisory and consulting assignments for international organizations and corporations.

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