PORT OWNERSHIP AND PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY: THE CASE OF KOREAN CONTAINER TERMINALS

In an effort to improve efficiency and economic performance of a port industry, a number of countries have considered or have already undertaken institutional reforms that may include policies of commercialization and or privatization. Economic theories and existing empirical studies, however, fail to provide clear-cut evidence that the economic performance of private ports or terminals is better than their public sector counterparts. This paper proposed the economic method of the frontier model as an appropriate analytical tool for the measurement of container terminal efficiency

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• Authors:
  • Song, D-W
  • Cullinane, Kevin
• Conference:
  • World Transport Research: Selected Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Antwerp, Belgium
  • Date: 1998-7-12 to 1998-7-17
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 101-114

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial transportation; Container terminals; Economic policy; Empirical methods; Ownership; Performance evaluations; Port operations; Ports; Privatization; Productivity; Restructuring
• Geographic Terms: South Korea
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783926
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080435904
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 4 2000 12:00AM