Desempeño económico y atractivo de los puertos españoles en el mar Mediterráneo

  1. Fernando González Laxe 1
  2. José Picatoste 1
  3. Isabel Novo Corti 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Economía Instituto Universitario de Estudios Marítimos Universidade da Coruna
Journal:
Anuario de estudios marítimos

ISSN: 2792-9698

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 1

Pages: 171-191

Type: Article

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Abstract

The ports have been modifying both their characteristics and their functions as the processes of economic integration advance. They are faced with a double logic: that of attracting higher flows of goods and that of regulating or undertaking associated port services. Our contribution focuses on measuring the attractiveness capacity of ports, though the analysis of the case of Spanish ports in the Mediterranean. It is carried out employing a structural equation model. The achieved results underline the intrinsic particularities of each port. It also emphasises the ports’ new functions and orientations in the new post-COVID-19 economic era. The causal relations shown in this paper could support to ports’ managers making suitable decisions.

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