Sources of efficiency gains in port reform: A DEA decomposition of a Malmquist TFP index for Mexico

Utilities Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-230

  Estache, Antonio ^a,b   de la Fé, Beatriz Tovar ^c   Trujillo, Lourdes ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Malmquist productivity; Port regulation

Indexed keywords

PORT OPERATION; REFORM PROCESS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244237759     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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