Ports and local development: Evidence from Italy

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-30

  Ferrari, Claudio ^a   Percoco, Marco ^b   Tedeschi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local development; Ports; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; EMPLOYMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PORT; SERVICE SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 77951463303     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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