and compare several hinterland accessibility indices to explain the relative size of port regions. Besides standard … density of hinterland activities leads to better performing measures. As indicated in the literature, port size is strongly …There is an ongoing debate on the concentration of container throughput in the European container port system. A …

We investigate how port privatization affects port charges, firm profits, and welfare. Our model consists of an … prices for port usage, although neither government has an incentive to privatize its port. The equilibrium governmental …'s government is more likely to privatize its port, although the larger country's government is more likely to nationalize its port …

social capital, territorial connectivity, territorial accessibility, hinterland, public capital stock, inter-modality, modal …

The competitiveness of a seaport depends on the extent the cargo handled in the port can reach its hinterland … turnaround times over the last decade. The smoothness of port-hinterland connections has not followed at the same pace … related to port hinterland connectivity. One of the main issues related to the development of adequate hinterland connections …

hinterland. In technical terms, the metropolitan area is a zone of direct city impact in which the relationships are strong and … permanent (functional urban area, internal hinterland zone) whereas the metropolitan region is a zone in which the relationships … are weaker, but the area is under the core city influence (macroregion, external hinterland zone). One of the main debates …

's hinterland. We conclude that, particularly, the System of regional transfers needs to be revised, in order to encourage …