welfare only and decide on the capacity of the port and of the hinterland network. We obtain the following results. First …, profit-maximizing ports internalize hinterland congestion in as far as it affects their customers. Second, investment in port … capacity reduces prices and congestion at both ports, but increases hinterland congestion in the region where the port …

and compare several hinterland accessibility indices to explain the relative size of port regions. Besides standard … measures that combine the size of hinterland regions with a distance decay function, we check whether the incorporation of the … density of hinterland activities leads to better performing measures. As indicated in the literature, port size is strongly …