Download or read book Transport, Trade and Economic Growth - Coupled or Decoupled? written by BMW Group and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-08 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines approaches from economics as well as business administration to stimulate scientific discourse and support decision-makers. The first part of the book examines the relationship between transport and economic growth, and specifically, whether "decoupling" of transport and economic growth appears possible. Previously unavailable regional data for Italy and Germany were collected and analyzed. The results indicate that transport makes an important contribution to economic growth.