Essays on Port Economics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Coto-Millán, Pablo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pesquera, Miguel Angel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Castanedo, Juan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2010.
• Σειρά: Contributions to Economics,
• Θέματα: Civil engineering.; Industrial organization.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Civil Engineering.; Regional/Spatial Science.

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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• Demand
• to Essays on Port Economics
• Port Marketing Strategies and the Challenges of Maritime Globalization
• Contextual Port Development: A Theoretical Approach
• The Conditioned Demands of “General Merchandise”, “Dry Bulk” and “Liquid Bulk” Sea Transport
• Determinants of the Demand of International Maritime Transport
• The Demand for Maritime Transport: A Nonlinearity and Chaos Study
• Supply
• Productivity in Maritime Transportation
• Analysis of the Returns to Scale, Elasticities of Substitution and Behavior of Shipping (General Cargo) Production
• Returns to Scale, Elasticities of Substitution and Behavior of Shipping (Dry Bulk) Transport Costs, Some Empirical Evidence
• Cycles in the Ship Building Industry: An Empirical Evidence
• Port Economic Impact
• A Methodological Discussion on Port Economic Impact Studies and Their Possible Applications to Policy Design
• An Approach to the Contribution of the Port System
• The Economic Impact of Ports: Its Importance for the Region and Also the Hinterland
• The Effect of Port Infrastructures on Regional Production
• Regulation and Economic, Technical and Allocative Efficiency
• Bootstrapped Technical Efficiency of African Seaports
• Impact of New Technology on Port Administration
• Excess Capacity, Economic Efficiency and Technical Change in a Public-Owned Port System: An Application to the Infrastructure Services of Spanish Ports
• Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Rate of Return on Investment in Ports
• Cost Benefit Analysis and Externalities
• A Cost–Benefit Analysis of a New Container Terminal
• Evaluation of Port Externalities: The Ecological Footprint of Port Authorities.