Commodity variety and seaport performance

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1221-1240

  Ducruet, César ^a   Koster, Hans R A ^b   van der Beek, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commodity; Diversity; Europe; Port; Specialization; Traffic

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PORT OPERATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RENT SEEKING; SPECIALIZATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77958555602     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903167904     Document Type: Article

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