Port Efficiency and International Trade: Port Efficiency as a Determinant of Maritime Transport Costs

Ricardo Sánchez1, Jan Hoffmann2, Alejandro Micco3, Georgina V Pizzolitto1, Martín Sgut1, Gordon Wilmsmeier2
1Austral University, Argentina
2Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
3Inter American Development Bank, Washington, USA

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