A stochastic frontier model of the efficiency of major container terminals in Asia: Assessing the influence of administrative and ownership structures

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 743-762

  Cullinane, Kevin ^a   Song, Dong Wook ^a   Gray, Richard ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORT TERMINALS; PRIVATIZATION;

OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES;

TRANSFER CASES (VEHICLES);

CONTAINER SHIP; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PORT; SHIPPING; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ASIA;

EID: 0036779046     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(01)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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