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Benchmarking Container Port Technical Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorMorales Sarriera, Javier
dc.contributor.authorAraya, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorSerebrisky, Tomas
dc.contributor.authorBriceño-Garmendía, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Jordan
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T20:51:19Z
dc.date.available2014-02-04T20:51:19Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a technical efficiency analysis of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean using an input-oriented stochastic frontier model. A 10-year panel is employed with data on container throughput, port terminal area, length of berths, and number of cranes available in 67 ports. The model has three innovations with respect to the available literature: (i) it treats ship-to-shore gantry cranes and mobile cranes separately, in order to account for the higher productivity of the former; (ii) a binary variable is introduced for ports using ships' cranes, treated as an additional source of port productivity; and (iii) a binary variable is used for ports operating as transshipment hubs. The associated parameters are highly significant in the production function. The results show an improvement in the average technical efficiency of ports in the Latin America and the Caribbean region from 36 percent to 50 percent between 1999 and 2009; the best-performing port in 2009 achieved a technical efficiency of 94 percent with respect to the frontier. The paper also studies possible determinants of port technical efficiency, such as ownership, corruption, terminal purpose, income per capita, and location. The results reveal positive, but weak, associations between technical efficiency with landlord ports and with lower corruption levels; stronger results are observed between technical efficiency with specialized container terminals and with average income.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18458483/benchmarking-container-port-technical-efficiency-latin-america-caribbean-stochastic-frontier-analysis
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6680
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16896
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6680
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAIM
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAVERAGING
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENCHMARKING
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectBERTH
dc.subjectBERTHS
dc.subjectCARGO
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCONTAINER CARGO
dc.subjectCONTAINER HANDLING
dc.subjectCONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY
dc.subjectCONTAINER TERMINAL
dc.subjectCONTAINER TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectCONTAINER TERMINALS
dc.subjectCONTAINER THROUGHPUT
dc.subjectCONTAINER TRAFFIC
dc.subjectCONTAINER VESSELS
dc.subjectCONTAINERIZATION
dc.subjectCONTAINERIZED CARGO
dc.subjectCRITERIA
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDOCKS
dc.subjectDRIVERS
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTLOOK
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXPECTATIONS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGOODS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINPUTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectLINER SERVICES
dc.subjectLINER SHIPPING
dc.subjectLOADING
dc.subjectLOGISTICS
dc.subjectports
dc.subjecttrade cargo
dc.subjecttransport
dc.subjectstochastic frontiers
dc.subjecttechnical efficiency
dc.titleBenchmarking Container Port Technical Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Stochastic Frontier Analysisen
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okr.crossref.titleBenchmarking Container Port Technical Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
okr.date.disclosure2013-10-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:44:18.566308Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18458483/benchmarking-container-port-technical-efficiency-latin-america-caribbean-stochastic-frontier-analysis
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid520871468045578219
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6680
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20131030105134
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18458483
okr.identifier.reportWPS6680
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/10/30/000158349_20131030105134/Rendered/PDF/WPS6680.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographicalCaribbean
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
okr.topicPorts and Waterways
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicTransport and Trade Logistics
okr.topicIndustry::Common Carriers Industry
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitSustainable Development Department, Latin America and the Caribbean Region
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