Evaluating impacts of institutional reforms on port efficiency changes: Ownership, corporate structure, and total factor productivity changes of world container ports

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 546-561

  Cheon, SangHyun ^a   Dowall, David E ^b   Song, Dong Wook ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI); Port corporate structure; Port efficiency; Port ownership; Port reform; Total factor productivity changes

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; CONTAINER TERMINAL; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; OWNERSHIP; PANEL DATA; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77949658535     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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