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Market integration for agricultural products has been widely explored using different methodological approaches. While a substantial effort has been made towards improving the technical tools, the extent of the understanding of how markets work is still not satisfactory. The cur…

Both traffic congestion and road accidents impose a burden on society, and it is therefore important for transport policy makers to reduce their impact. An ideal scenario would be that traffic congestion and accidents are reduced simultaneously, however, this may not be possible…

This dissertation illustrates how the use of spatial economics, as opposed to non-spatial methods, can enrich economic research related to natural resources decision-making. This research encompasses three distinct, but complementary, papers, based on two datasets that vary in r…