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Analysis of Bootstrapped Operating Efficiency in Container Ports. A Case Study in Spain and Portugal

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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the main Spanish and Portuguese containers ports observing if they are operating below their production capabilities during the period between 2008–2017. To achieve this, one possible method is to calculate DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) efficiency, the scale efficiency targets, and in order to consider the variability across different samples a bootstrap scheme has been applied.

The results showed that the DEA Bootstrap-based approach cannot only select as suitable a unit which accords with a port’s actual input capabilities, but also provide a more accurate result. The bootstrapped results indicate that all ports have no need to develop future investments to expand port infrastructure. The proposed DEA Bootstrap-based approach provides useful implications in the robust measurement of port efficiency considering different samples.

The study proves the usefulness of this approach as a decision-making tool in port efficiency. This study is one of the first studies to apply bootstrap to measure port efficiency under the background of Spain and Portugal case. In the first stage, two models of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) have been used to obtain the Pure Technical, and the Technical and Scale Efficiency, both the input-oriented option: Constant Return Scale (CCR) and Variable Return Scale (BCC). In a second stage, the bootstrap method has been applied in order to determine efficiency rankings of Iberian Peninsula container ports taking into consideration different samples. Confidence interval estimates of efficiency for each port are reported. This paper provides useful insights into the application of a DEA Bootstrap-based as a modelling tool to aid decision making in measuring port efficiency.

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  1. Department of Computer Science Engineering, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    Ignacio J. Turias

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    Antonio Gil Ropero

  3. Department of Economy, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    María del Mar Cerbán

  4. Intelligent Modelling of System Research Group, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    Antonio Gil Ropero & Ignacio J. Turias

  5. Transport and Innovation Economic Research Group, Polytechnic School of Algeciras, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    María del Mar Cerbán

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Ropero, A.G., Turias, I.J., del Mar Cerbán, M. (2020). Analysis of Bootstrapped Operating Efficiency in Container Ports. A Case Study in Spain and Portugal. In: Monteiro, J., et al. INCREaSE 2019. INCREaSE 2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30938-1_42

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