Centennial Decline of Shipping Freight Rates and Life Cycle Effect: Theory of Long Term Cycle

Year 2011, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 59 - 77, 01.06.2011

Okan Duru Shigeru Yoshıda

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Centennial Decline of Shipping Freight Rates and Life Cycle Effect: Theory of Long Term Cycle

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Bu çalışma dünya deniz ticaretinde navlun fiyatlarının 19. yüzyılda yaşamış olduğu yüzyıllık düşüşün sebeblerini incelemektedir. Son 300 yıl içerisinde deniz ticaretinde en derin ve tarihi bir daralmanın gerçekleşmiş olması nedeniyle, 19.yüzyıl deniz ulaştırma tarihinde hususi bir yere sahiptir. Bir çok araştırmacı bu dönemi incelemiş ve uzun dönem düşüşün muhtemel nedenleri hakkında çeşitli teoriler ortaya atılmıştır. Değerlendirmelerin büyük çoğunluğu teknolojik gelişmeler ve onların ikincil etkileri üzerine yoğunlaşmaktadır. Ancak, 20. yüzyıl insanlık tarihinde teknolojik gelişmeler noktasında 19. yüzyıla nazaran çok daha geniş kapsamlı bir dönem olup, bir önceki yüzyılda deniz ticaretine olan etkileri yönündeki değerlendirmelere karşın, navlun fiyatları tarihi bir çıkış trendi yakalamıştır. Bu çalışma önceki tespitleri incelemekte ve özgün olarak ‘yaşam döngüsü’ teorisinin bu çerçevedeki uzun dönem etkilerini değerlendirmektedir

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Navlun fiyatları, ortalama yaşam süresi, ekonomi tarihi

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