The effects of ignoring inefficiency in the analysis of production: The case of cargo handling in Spanish ports

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-329

  Díaz Hernández, Juan José ^a   Martínez Budría, Eduardo ^a   Jara Díaz, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cargo handling; Cost function; Inefficiency; Productive structure; Seaports

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRODUCTIVITY; CARGO HANDLING; COST ESTIMATING; EFFICIENCY;

MARGINAL COST; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; INEFFICIENCY; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; SCALE ECONOMIES; SEAPORTS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TRADITIONAL MODELS;

CARGO HANDLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARGO HANDLING; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MODELING; PORT OPERATION; PRODUCTION COST; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38749103538     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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