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Bootstrapped Technical Efficiency of African Seaports

In: Essays on Port Economics

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  • Carlos Pestana Barros

    (Technical University of Lisbon and UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics))

  • Albert Assaf

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • Ade Ibiwoye

    (University of Lagos)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the efficiency of a representative sample of African seaports using a bootstrapped DEA – Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Bias and confidence intervals are estimated for the efficiency scores. The paper finds that the original efficiency scores are biased. The bootstrapped results indicated that Nigerian seaports are the most efficient, followed by Mozambique and Angola. Discussions of the results as well as related policy implications are provided.

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  • Carlos Pestana Barros & Albert Assaf & Ade Ibiwoye, 2010. "Bootstrapped Technical Efficiency of African Seaports," Contributions to Economics, in: Pablo Coto-Millán & Miguel Angel Pesquera & Juan Castanedo (ed.), Essays on Port Economics, pages 237-250, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-7908-2425-4_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2425-4_15
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    1. Serebrisky, Tomás & Sarriera, Javier Morales & Suárez-Alemán, Ancor & Araya, Gonzalo & Briceño-Garmendía, Cecilia & Schwartz, Jordan, 2016. "Exploring the drivers of port efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 31-45.
    2. Kenneth Løvold Rødseth & Paal Brevik Wangsness & Halvor Schøyen & Finn Ragnar Førsund, 2020. "Port efficiency and emissions from ships at berth: application to the Norwegian port sector," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 22(4), pages 585-609, December.
    3. Saeedi, Hamid & Behdani, Behzad & Wiegmans, Bart & Zuidwijk, Rob, 2019. "Assessing the technical efficiency of intermodal freight transport chains using a modified network DEA approach," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 66-86.

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