Adler, Nicole; Hirte, Georg; Kumar, Shravana; Niemeier, … - In: Maritime Economics & Logistics 24 (2021) 3, pp. 507-536
We develop a two-stage formulation to estimate seaport performance and to understand the drivers of efficiency, which …-parametric, slacks-based measure estimates the technical efficiency of each port. For the second-stage analysis, we develop a set of … suggest that average seaport efficiency has increased gradually over time. The second-stage fixed effects regressions show …