Una ordenación en base a índices de eficiencia para los puertos españoles
- 1 Departamentos de Finanzas EmpresarUniversitat de Valencia.iales
- 2 Matematicas para la Economia Universitat de Valencia.
ISSN: 2171-892X
Year of publication: 2010
Issue: 18
Type: Article
More publications in: Anales de ASEPUMA
Abstract
This paper uses the free disposal hull (FDH) methodology to analyze the efficiency of Spanish seaports. The advantage of this method is that it enables a comparison to be made directly between the ports, whereas traditional data envelopment analysis (DEA) only enables comparisons to be made by projecting a frontier. This direct approach is especially useful for decision-makers because it provides a benchmarking reference. However, the FDH methodology suffers the disadvantage of producing many efficient units so it is difficult to obtain a hierarchal rank of in order to efficiency. This paper presents a method for producing a hierarchy of seaports for the purposes of comparison.
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