Causality between performance and traffic: An investigation with Indian ports

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-27

  De, Prabir ^a   Ghosh, Buddhadeb ^b  

^a Bengal Port Ltd   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PORT OPERATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0037270047     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308883032000051603     Document Type: Article

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