A game theoretical approach to competition between multi-user terminals: The impact of dedicated terminals

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-414

  Kaselimi, Evangelia N ^a   Notteboom, Theo E ^a   de Bruno, Borger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; CONTAINER TERMINAL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GAME THEORY; MODELING; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING;

EID: 79960544643     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.588260     Document Type: Article

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48. The terms of terminal and terminal operator are used interchangeably in this study.
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