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The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics presents comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the entire scope of issues relating to shipping and port economics.

• Unprecedented survey of maritime economics provides full coverage of shipping and port economics
• In depth examinations offer an up-to-date study of the field including all facets of shipping, ports, logistics, and maintenance and topical discussion on security and environmental problems
• Presents original theories relating to theories for maritime carriers and ports
• Features contributions from the most respected international specialists in the field

Wayne K. Talley is Professor of Economics at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, where he is the Executive Director of the Maritime Institute and holds the designations of Eminent Scholar and the Frederick W. Beazley Professor of Economics. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics .