Container terminal concessions: A game theory application to the case of the ports of Pakistan

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-262

  Saeed, Naima ^a   Larsen, Odd I ^a  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bertrand competition; concession contract; container terminals; game theory; landlord port; Pakistani ports

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956686985     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/mel.2010.8     Document Type: Article

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