Efficiency in European seaports with DEA: Evidence from Greece and Portugal

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-140

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Athanassiou, Manolis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Greece; Portugal; Sea ports

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043182735     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100099     Document Type: Article

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