Seaport effi ciency and productivity growth

International Handbook of Maritime Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 363-382

  Barros, Carlos ^b   Haralambides, Hercules ^a   Hussain, Mohamed ^b   Peypoch, Nicolas ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University of Perpignan Via Domitia ^*

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