@techreport{10902/3385,
year = {2010},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/3385},
abstract = {This paper tries to analyse the evolution of total factor productivity and its
decomposition between 1986 and 2005 in the Spanish port authorities using a
parametric distance function approach. Panel data for different outputs and
inputs for the last 20 years have been constructed. During this period, the
Spanish port authorities suffered three important regulatory changes. The results
show that technical progress and scale efficiency gains contributed to improve
total factor productivity whereas pure technical efficiency affected negatively. The
change in the model of port management from a service port model to a landlord
port model, the adoption of certain technologies and the possible existence of
overcapacity caused by an increasing port competition, could explain these
results.},
publisher = {Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros (FUNCAS)},
publisher = {Documentos de Trabajo FUNCAS, ISSN-e 1988-8767, Nº. 513, 2010},
title = {The impact of public reforms on the productivity of the Spanish ports: a parametric distance function approach},
author = {Núñez Sánchez, Ramón and Coto Millán, Pablo},
}