Port selection from a hinterland perspective

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-269

  Garcia Alonso, Lorena ^a   Sanchez Soriano, Joaquín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Hinterland perspective; Inter port competition; Port location; Port selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149083211     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/mel.2009.9     Document Type: Article

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