Border Travel

The Economics of Cross-Border Travel∗

National borders, including the easily crossed US-Canada border, have been shown to separate markets and sustain price differences. The resulting arbitrage opportunities vary temporally with the exchange rate and cross-sectionally with travelers’ distance to the border. We estimate a structural model of the border crossing decision using data on the location of Canadian crossers and their date ...

Taiwan's Travel and Border Health Measures in Response to Zika

Zika virus has recently emerged as a worldwide public health concern. Travel and border health measures stand as one of the main strategies and frontline defenses in responding to international epidemics. As of October 31, 2016, Taiwan has reported 13 imported cases, 5 of which were detected through routine entry screening and active monitoring at international airports. This article shares Tai...

"Dental tourism": issues surrounding cross-border travel for dental care.

When I visit my dentist I travel 4 kilometres from my residence to her office. My experience is commonplace; many Canadians commute from their homes or workplaces to see a nearby dentist. Although our coffee might come from Colombia and our clothes from China, for most of us dental care is as local as the neighbourhood grocery store, library or community centre. However, for some people, obtain...

Transforming travel and border controls: Checkpoints in the Open Society

Prior concerns regarding terrorism resulted in a rush to legislate. Now terrorism is not the only issue in the new security agenda, and we appear to have stopped rushing our legislative processes. Yet policies are still emerging with a lack of public discourse and legislative deliberation. This article reviews two such policies: access to personal information held by airlines, and new border pr...

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine