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Productivity changes in Chinese Container Terminals 2006–2011
In thepastdecades,nearlyalltheChinesecoastalprovincesandmunicipalitiesinvestedheavilyinthe construction ofseaportsandimplementedvariousfavourablepoliciestoimprovetheports'operations. How effectivelyhavetheseeffortsworked?ThispaperusesMalmquistproductivityindextodetermine and analyseproductivitychangeanditsdecompositioninChinesecoastalcontainerterminalsduring 2006–2011.We find thattheaveragegrowthinsampleterminals'productivityis5.4%duringthatperiod. By decomposingtheMalmquistindex,weidentifythemajorsourceofproductivitygrowthtobe technological progress,ratherthananimprovementintechnicalefficiency,andthemajorsourceof technical efficiency growthtobescaleefficiency.Wealso find thattheproductivityofterminalsinthe YangtzeDeltaisthehighestwhiletheoneofterminalsinthesoutheastcoastalareaisthelowest
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A meta-analysis of DEA and SFA studies of the technical efficiency of seaport | en | |
Container terminals and terminal operations | en |