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Technical Efficiency Gains from Port Reform : The Potential for Yardstick Competition in Mexico

The authors show how relatively standard methodologies can help to measure the efficiency gains from reforming the organization of port infrastructure, how those measures can be used to promote competition between ports, and how competition can be...

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Main Authors: Estache, Antonio, Gonzalez, Marianela, Trujillo, Lourdes
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BERTH
BERTHS
CARGO
CARGOES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONTAINER BERTHS
CONTAINER TERMINALS
CONTAINER TRAFFIC
CONTAINERIZATION
COST FUNCTIONS
COST MINIMIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION
DOCKS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURES
FISHING
FREIGHT
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
HANDLING
INEFFICIENCY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR INPUTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LOADING
LOGISTICS CHAIN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1551999/technical-efficiency-gains-port-reform-potential-yardstick-competition-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19578

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