The

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Globalisation

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International

Maritime

Transport

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Dear Mousumi,

thanks a lot for your valuable contribution.

I'll add the reference you suggested to my  current research, quoting you (of course).

By the way, it's very" strange" you suggested me an OECD publication just because tomorrow I'll fly to Paris to have a meeting with those guys! I'm sure they will appreciate your (ad now my too) quote.

Are you interested to join into my research?

I hope in the next days it'll be possible to joint also from researchers from UNCTATD, that kindly provided me for some unpublished data (the oldest ones).

BR,

Luca Antonellini

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Comparison-between-GDP-data-in-value-maritime-trade-in-tonnes

Dear Luca, please see attached articles

http://www.oecd.org/greengrowth/greening-transport/41380820.pdf

http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/rmt2015_en.pdf

Dear Etery

thanks for the references

 Let me give you two comments, I am sure you are well aware of. Thus, my purpose is just for myself not to forget it:

1. The more services GDP covers or the more technology substitutes for m. trade , the less correlation you will find. This is applicable for the future and today for advanced countries. 

2. GDP is an "umbrella" variable. For trends it may be valuable for a lot of variables but it doesn´t help to think deeper about any economic phenomenon.

Thanks for your useful suggestion.

Best Regards,

Luca