Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports
This paper quantifies the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. The paper also analyzes the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990's had an impact on the efficiency of the...
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okr-10986-88432021-04-23T14:02:42Z Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports González, María Manuela Trujillo, Lourdes ACCOUNTING AIR TRANSPORT BERTH BERTHS BOXES CABOTAGE CARGO HANDLING CHANNELS COMBINED TRANSPORT COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONGESTION CONTAINER HANDLING CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS COST MINIMIZATION DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DOCKS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY FISH FIXED INPUTS INCOME INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIABILITY LOADING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOGISTICS CHAIN MARITIME TRANSPORT MUNICIPALITIES NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OIL OIL REFINERIES OPERATING REVENUE ORDERING PORT AUTHORITIES PORT CAPACITY PORT EFFICIENCY PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT MANAGEMENT PORT OPERATIONS PORT PERFORMANCE PORT SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR ROADS SHIP BUILDING SHIPPERS SHIPS SHIPYARDS STORAGE CAPACITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRANSIT TRANSPORT SERVICES TUGS VESSELS WAITING TIME WAREHOUSES WATERFRONTS This paper quantifies the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. The paper also analyzes the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990's had an impact on the efficiency of the Spanish container ports. Because of the multi-output nature of port activities, we have estimated a distance function, which is a novel methodology in the study of the port industry. The results show that the reforms resulted in significant improvements in technological change, but that technical efficiency has in fact changed little on average. However, there is a significant movement of the efficiency within ports over time as a result of these reforms. 2012-06-22T19:50:33Z 2012-06-22T19:50:33Z 2005-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642265/reforms-infrastructure-efficiency-spains-container-ports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8843 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3515 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Spain |
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ACCOUNTING AIR TRANSPORT BERTH BERTHS BOXES CABOTAGE CARGO HANDLING CHANNELS COMBINED TRANSPORT COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONGESTION CONTAINER HANDLING CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS COST MINIMIZATION DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DOCKS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY FISH FIXED INPUTS INCOME INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIABILITY LOADING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOGISTICS CHAIN MARITIME TRANSPORT MUNICIPALITIES NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OIL OIL REFINERIES OPERATING REVENUE ORDERING PORT AUTHORITIES PORT CAPACITY PORT EFFICIENCY PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT MANAGEMENT PORT OPERATIONS PORT PERFORMANCE PORT SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR ROADS SHIP BUILDING SHIPPERS SHIPS SHIPYARDS STORAGE CAPACITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRANSIT TRANSPORT SERVICES TUGS VESSELS WAITING TIME WAREHOUSES WATERFRONTS |
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ACCOUNTING AIR TRANSPORT BERTH BERTHS BOXES CABOTAGE CARGO HANDLING CHANNELS COMBINED TRANSPORT COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONGESTION CONTAINER HANDLING CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS COST MINIMIZATION DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DOCKS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY FISH FIXED INPUTS INCOME INPUT PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIABILITY LOADING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOGISTICS CHAIN MARITIME TRANSPORT MUNICIPALITIES NAVIGATION NAVIGATION AIDS OIL OIL REFINERIES OPERATING REVENUE ORDERING PORT AUTHORITIES PORT CAPACITY PORT EFFICIENCY PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT MANAGEMENT PORT OPERATIONS PORT PERFORMANCE PORT SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR ROADS SHIP BUILDING SHIPPERS SHIPS SHIPYARDS STORAGE CAPACITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRANSIT TRANSPORT SERVICES TUGS VESSELS WAITING TIME WAREHOUSES WATERFRONTS González, María Manuela Trujillo, Lourdes Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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This paper quantifies the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. The paper also analyzes the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990's had an impact on the efficiency of the Spanish container ports. Because of the multi-output nature of port activities, we have estimated a distance function, which is a novel methodology in the study of the port industry. The results show that the reforms resulted in significant improvements in technological change, but that technical efficiency has in fact changed little on average. However, there is a significant movement of the efficiency within ports over time as a result of these reforms. |
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González, María Manuela Trujillo, Lourdes |
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González, María Manuela Trujillo, Lourdes |
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González, María Manuela |
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Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain’s Container Ports |
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reforms and infrastructure efficiency in spain’s container ports |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642265/reforms-infrastructure-efficiency-spains-container-ports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8843 |
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