FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK: FRESH INSIGHTS FROM THE US ECONOMY

Esranur YILMAZ; Mehmet Aldonat BEYZATLAR

Makale detayları

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK: FRESH INSIGHTS FROM THE US ECONOMY

Yazarlar:

Esranur YILMAZ | Mehmet Aldonat BEYZATLAR

Yayıncı:

Toros University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Bilimler

Dergi:

Toros Üniversitesi İİSBF Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.8 Issue Special Issue on International Symposium of Sustainable Logistics, pp.1-8

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000676466

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2791-8378

pISSN:

2147-8414

Özet:

 

This study analyzes to reveal the Granger-causality between freight transportation and COVID-19 measures for the United States with monthly time-series data for the period January 2020 and April 2021, using freight transportation and COVID-19 measures to comparison the causal relations. The empirical results indicate unidirectional causality running from COVID-19 cases to freight transportation services index; to air freight revenues; to rail freight traffic and to Cass freight index. On the other side, it is determined a unidirectional causality is running from COVID-19 deaths to freight transportation services index, to Cass freight index, to air freight revenues and to rail freight traffic. The results of this study clearly show that changing number of cases and deaths are determining factors in freight transportation activities. These results also emphasize that the contagion deserves much more attention from public and private transportation professionals, who are responsible for the governance and the regulation of the transportation market.

Makale detayları

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK: FRESH INSIGHTS FROM THE US ECONOMY

Yazarlar: Esranur YILMAZ | Mehmet Aldonat BEYZATLAR

Yayıncı: Toros University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyal Bilimler

Dergi: Toros Üniversitesi İİSBF Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.8 Issue Special Issue on International Symposium of Sustainable Logistics, pp.1-8

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000676466

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2791-8378

pISSN: 2147-8414

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Esranur YILMAZ | Mehmet Aldonat BEYZATLAR

Yayıncı:

Toros University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal Bilimler

Dergi:

Toros Üniversitesi İİSBF Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.8 Issue Special Issue on International Symposium of Sustainable Logistics, pp.1-8

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000676466

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2791-8378

pISSN:

2147-8414