کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
310847 533381 2011 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Public regulation and passengers importance in port infrastructure costs
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی عمران و سازه
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Public regulation and passengers importance in port infrastructure costs
چکیده انگلیسی

Because ports are conceived and designed mainly to be the transfer point of various types of freight, passengers tend to be forgotten in the analysis of port costs. In this paper first we investigate the importance of passengers in port infrastructure costs by means of a multi-output cost function estimated from 20 annual observations (1986–2005) for 26 Spanish Port Authorities. Results show that, although a passenger weights on average less than one tenth of a ton, he or she represents as much as two tons of solid bulk and about three tons of containerized general cargo in terms of marginal costs. Secondly, we compare the marginal costs of different cargoes with their price caps established by law. Results suggest that some type of second best pricing is induced by present regulation.


► Passengers are equivalent to between two and three tons of cargo in terms of marginal cost of port infrastructure.
► All of Port Authorities, except two, present increasing returns to scale.
► Price caps slightly larger than or equal to marginal costs suggest second best pricing induced by present regulation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice - Volume 45, Issue 7, August 2011, Pages 653–666
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