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European Union expansion and seaport efficiency in the North Adriatic

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  • Kenneth Button
  • Tomaž Kramberger

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This article looks at the relative economic efficiency of seaports in the North Adriatic, and the effects of expansions of the European Union (EU) on this. Taking the main container ports in the region between 2004 and 2012, variations in efficiency are found over time dependent on whether constant or variable returns to scale are assumed. The consistently high number of ports on the efficiency frontier, however, suggests relatively high degrees of competition between them. The Slovenian port of Kope that came under the EU umbrella in 2014 is consistently efficient, as is the main Croatian seaport that remained outside of the Union over the period considered indicating that membership did not impact on economic efficiency.

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  • Kenneth Button & Tomaž Kramberger, 2015. "European Union expansion and seaport efficiency in the North Adriatic," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(9), pages 700-703, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:22:y:2015:i:9:p:700-703
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.969822
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    1. Kenneth Button & Tomaž Kramberger & Tea Vizinger & Marko Intihar, 2017. "Economic implications for Adriatic seaport regions of further opening of the Northern Sea Route," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 19(1), pages 52-67, March.
    2. Nicole Adler & Georg Hirte & Shravana Kumar & Hans-Martin Niemeier, 2022. "The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 24(3), pages 507-536, September.

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