Market concentration in coastal shipping and limitations to island's accessibility

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 74-82

  Lekakou, Maria B ^a   Vitsounis, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal shipping; Concentration; Islands; Market inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862073851     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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