Bootstrapped technical efficiency of african seaports

Contributions to Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 237-250

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Assaf, Albert ^b   Ibiwoye, Ade ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

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EID: 79955112460     PISSN: 14311933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2425-4_15     Document Type: Article

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