Essays on Port Economics
The aim of this book is to offer a comprehensive overview of the economics of ports for scientists, students and professionals. The text is divided into five self-contained parts: the first chapter defines the demand for port services using an econometric approach. The second part analyzes the provi...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg :
Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica,
2010.
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| Series: | Contributions to Economics,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2425-4 |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Part I: Port Demand
- 2 Determinants of the Demand for Maritime Imports and Exports
- 3 A Demand Economic Theory of the Port
- 4 Port Demand: Theory and Applications
- Part II: Port Supply
- 5 Port Production Function: An Application
- 6 Multioutput Cost Functions in Port Production
- 7 The Strategic Positioning of Ports: The Use of Portfolio Analysis
- 8 Port Investment
- 9 Earnings Differentials of Port Dockworkers and Seafarers
- Part III: Port Economic Impact
- 10 Economic Impact Study: Application to Ports
- 11 Economic Impact Study: Ports and Hinterlands
- 12 Dynamising Economic Impact Studies
- Part IV: Regulation and Efficiency
- 13 A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of the Relative Efficiency of European Ports
- 14 Technical and Allocative Effeciency in Spanish Ports
- 15 Regulation and Over-Capitalization: An Application
- 16 Port Privatization: Their Impact on Port Efficiency
- Part V: Cost-Benefit Analysis
- 17 Port Valuation of Benefits and Costs
- 18 Economic Returns in a Construction Project for a New Container Terminal: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach. 19 Valuation of Port Externalities: The Ecological Footprint.