<P><STRONG>Port Economics (Research in Transportation Economics,&nbsp; Volume 16)</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Author</STRONG>: Kevin Cullinane , Wayne K Talley</P>
<P><STRONG>Publisher: </STRONG>JAI Press</P>
<P><STRONG>Publishing date</STRONG>: August 16, 2006</P>
<P><STRONG>ISBN:</STRONG>0762311983 </P>
<P><STRONG>Pages:</STRONG> 260 pages </P>
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<P><STRONG>CONTENTS</STRONG><BR>LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii<BR>INTRODUCTION<BR>Kevin Cullinane and Wayne K. Talley 1<BR>THE EVOLUTION AND CHALLENGES OF PORT ECONOMICS<BR>Trevor Heaver 11<BR>AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF THE PORT<BR>Wayne K. Talley 43<BR>MULTIPLE OUTPUTS IN PORT COST FUNCTIONS<BR>Sergio R. Jara-Dı&acute;az, Eduardo Martı&acute;nez-Budrı&acute;a and&nbsp; Juan Jose&acute; Dı&acute;az-Herna&acute;ndez 67<BR>ESTIMATING THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF EUROPEAN CONTAINER PORTS: A STOCHASTIC<BR>FRONTIER ANALYSIS<BR>Kevin Cullinane and Dong-Wook Song 85<BR>THE IMPACT OF PORT CHARACTERISTICS ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPORT COSTS<BR>Gordon Wilmsmeier, Jan Hoffmann and Ricardo J. Sanchez&nbsp; 117<BR>STRATEGIC POSITIONING ANALYSIS FOR SEAPORTS<BR>Elvira Haezendonck, Alain Verbeke and Chris Coeck 141<BR>PORT INVESTMENT: PROFITABILITY, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND FINANCING<BR>Enrico Musso, Claudio Ferrari and Marco Benacchio 171<BR>SHIPPING DEREGULATION’S WAGE EFFECT ON LOW AND HIGH WAGE DOCKWORKERS<BR>James Peoples, Wayne K. Talley and Pithoon Thanabordeekij&nbsp; 219<BR><BR></P>
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