A game-theoretic analysis of competition among container port hubs: The case of Busan and Shanghai [1]

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-26

  Anderson, Christopher M ^a   Park, Yong An ^b   Chang, Young Tae ^c   Yang, Chang Ho ^b   Lee, Tae Woo ^d   Luo, Meifeng ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Korea Maritime Institute   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GAME THEORY; INVESTMENTS; PORT TERMINALS; PORTS AND HARBORS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GAME THEORY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SHANGHAI; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 39349100122     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830701848680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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