Productivity change and economies of scale in container port terminals

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-246

  Ramos Real, Francisco Javier ^b   Tovar, Beatriz ^a  

^a Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TERMINAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRODUCTIVITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

CANARY ISLANDS; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

EID: 77952726085     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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