Benchmarking Container Port Technical Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Benchmarking Container Port Technical Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

This paper presents a technical efficiency analysis of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean using an input-oriented stochastic frontier model. A 10-year panel is employed with data on container throughput, port terminal area, length o...

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Main Authors: Morales Sarriera, Javier, Araya, Gonzalo, Serebrisky, Tomas, Briceño-Garmendía, Cecilia, Schwartz, Jordan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIM
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
AVERAGING
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
BERTH
BERTHS
CARGO
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONTAINER CARGO
CONTAINER HANDLING
CONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY
CONTAINER TERMINAL
CONTAINER TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY
CONTAINER TERMINALS
CONTAINER THROUGHPUT
CONTAINER TRAFFIC
CONTAINER VESSELS
CONTAINERIZATION
CONTAINERIZED CARGO
CRITERIA
CUSTOMS
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOCKS
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPECTATIONS
EXPORTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOODS
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INEFFICIENCY
INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR
LINER SERVICES
LINER SHIPPING
LOADING
LOGISTICS
ports
trade cargo
transport
stochastic frontiers
technical efficiency
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16896

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