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Container Port Production and Economic Efficiency

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ISBN-10: 1403947724

ISBN-13: 9781403947727

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tengfei Wang, Kevin Cullinane, Dong-Wook Song, Teng-Fei Wang

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Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 9/3/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

List of Tables
List of Figures
Introduction
The Importance of the Container Port Industry
Performance Measurement, Productivity and Efficiency
Problem Statement
Objectives
Organisation of the Book
The Economic Theory of Container Port Production
Introduction
The Economic Functions of Ports and their Evolution
The Container Port Industry: The Challenge of Complexity
The Challenge from other Market Players
Traditional Theories of Industrial Market Structure
Port Competition
Summary
Alternative Approaches to Efficiency Measurement
Background
Notation and Symbols Used
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Free Disposal Hull (FDH) Analysis
Econometric Approaches Using Cross-sectional Data
Econometric Approaches Using Panel Data
Empirical Comparisons of Alternative Approaches to Efficiency Estimation
Performance Measurement and Efficiency Analysis in the Container Port Industry
Summary
Model Specification and Data
Introduction
A Procedure for Efficiency Measurement
Port Objectives
Definition of Variables
Model Specification
Data Collection
Summary
Empirical Results and Analysis
Introduction
Cross-sectional Data Analysis
Panel Data Analysis
Summary
A Theory of Container Port Production and Its Empirical Validation
Introduction
Testing the Hypotheses
Summary
Conclusions and Further Research
Introduction
A Summary of Major Research Contributions
Recommendations for Further Research
References
Appendices