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== Abstract ==

Railway transport generally has the advantage for large-volume, long-haul freight operations. Africa possesses significant railway assets. However, many rail lines are currently not operational because of the lack of maintenance. The paper recasts light on the impact of rail transportation on firm productivity, using micro data collected in Tanzania. To avoid the endogeneity problem, the instrumental variable technique is used to estimate the impact of rail transport. The paper shows that the overall impact of rail use on firm costs is significant despite that the rail unit rates are set lower when the shipping distance is longer. Rail transport is a cost-effective option for firms. However, the study finds that firms' inventory is costly. This is a disadvantage of using rail transport. Rail operations are unreliable, adding more inventory costs to firms. The implied elasticity of demand for transport services is estimated at -1.01 to -0.52, relatively high in absolute terms. This indicates the rail users' sensitivity to prices as well as severity of modal competition against truck transportation. The study also finds that firm location matters to the decision to use rail services. Proximity to rail infrastructure is important for firms to take advantage of rail benefits.

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== Original document ==

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* [http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173]

* [http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c9ee/eef7963d2d65c8402be98e3ca7d4552e9fb9.pdf http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c9ee/eef7963d2d65c8402be98e3ca7d4552e9fb9.pdf]

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 == Abstract ==
-Railway transport generally has the advantage for large-volume, long-haul freight operations. Africa possesses significant railway assets. However, many rail lines are currently not operational because of the lack of maintenance. The paper recasts light on the impact of rail transportation on firm productivity, using micro data collected in Tanzania. To avoid the endogeneity problem, the instrumental variable technique is used to estimate the impact of rail transport. The paper shows that the overall impact of rail use on firm costs is significant despite that the rail unit rates are set lower when the shipping distance is longer. Rail transport is a cost-effective option for firms. However, the study finds that firms' inventory is costly. This is a disadvantage of using rail transport. Rail operations are unreliable, adding more inventory costs to firms. The implied elasticity of demand for transport services is estimated at -1.01 to -0.52, relatively high in absolute terms. This indicates the rail users' sensitivity to prices as well as severity of modal competition against truck transportation. The study also finds that firm location matters to the decision to use rail services. Proximity to rail infrastructure is important for firms to take advantage of rail benefits.
+Railway transport generally has the             advantage for large-volume, long-haul freight operations.             Africa possesses significant railway assets. However, many             rail lines are currently not operational because of the lack             of maintenance. The paper recasts light on the impact of             rail transportation on firm productivity, using micro data             collected in Tanzania. To avoid the endogeneity problem, the             instrumental variable technique is used to estimate the             impact of rail transport. The paper shows that the overall             impact of rail use on firm costs is significant despite that             the rail unit rates are set lower when the shipping distance             is longer. Rail transport is a cost-effective option for             firms. However, the study finds that firms' inventory             is costly. This is a disadvantage of using rail transport.             Rail operations are unreliable, adding more inventory costs             to firms. The implied elasticity of demand for transport             services is estimated at -1.01 to -0.52, relatively high in             absolute terms. This indicates the rail users'             sensitivity to prices as well as severity of modal             competition against truck transportation. The study also             finds that firm location matters to the decision to use rail             services. Proximity to rail infrastructure is important for             firms to take advantage of rail benefits.
 Document type: Book
 == Full document ==
-<pdf>Media:Draft_Content_106221712-beopen867-7895-document.pdf</pdf>
+<pdf>Media:Iimi_et_al_2017b-beopen1596-4703-document.pdf</pdf>
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 The different versions of the original document can be found in:
-* [http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173]
+* [http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8173] under the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by
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+* [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/10986/28348/5/WPS8173.pdf https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/10986/28348/5/WPS8173.pdf]

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Scipediacontent: Scipediacontent moved page Draft Content 106221712 to Iimi et al 2017b

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