The effect of demand uncertainty on port terminal costs

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-328

  Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana ^b   Tovar, Beatriz ^a   Wall, Alan ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PORT DEVELOPMENT; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VESSEL;

EID: 79956091062     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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