Transportation Geography Specialty Group

Transportation, freight rates, and economic geography

a r t i c l e i n f o We investigate the role of competitive transport markets in shaping the location of economic activity and the pattern of trade. In our model, carriers supply transport services for shipping manufactured goods, and freight rates are set to clear transport markets. Each carrier must commit to the maximum capacity for a round-trip and thus faces a logistics problem as there a...

Evaluating benefits of transportation in models of new economic geography

In the presence of price distortions, cost-benefit analysis must include changes in the deadweight loss in addition to the direct benefits and costs to transportation users and nonusers. Advances in new economic geography (NEG) have highlighted the importance of price distortions associated with imperfect competition. This paper reviews recent contributions to cost-benefit analysis in NEG model...

Transportation geography: new directions on well-worn trails

US outpatient antibiotic prescribing variation according to geography, patient population, and provider specialty in 2011.

BACKGROUND Appropriate antibiotic prescribing is an essential strategy to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. US prescribing practices have not been thoroughly characterized. We analyzed outpatient antibiotic prescribing data to identify where appropriate antibiotic prescribing interventions could have the most impact. METHODS Oral antibiotic prescriptions dispensed during 2011 were e...

Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Variation According to Geography , Patient Population , and Provider Specialty in 2011

Background. Appropriate antibiotic prescribing is an essential strategy to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. US prescribing practices have not been thoroughly characterized. We analyzed outpatient antibiotic prescribing data to identify where appropriate antibiotic prescribing interventions could have the most impact. Methods. Oral antibiotic prescriptions dispensed during 2011 were e...