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Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation (2016)
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Wang, Y., & Cullinane, K. (2016). Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 95, 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.04.002

This paper adapts Freeman’s measures of degree, closeness and betweenness centrality and applies them to assessing: port centrality in relation to direct connectivity; accessibility to all ports in the network (direct and indirect routes) and; as an... Read More about Determinants of port centrality in maritime container transportation.

Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance (2013)
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Cullinane, K., & Cullinane, S. (2013). Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance. Transport Reviews, 33, 377-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2013.806604

Shipping has traditionally been viewed as the least environmentally damaging mode of freight transport. Recent studies have increasingly questioned this perception, as attention has focused on both the greenhouse gas emissions (mainly CO2) and the em... Read More about Atmospheric emissions from shipping: the need for regulation and approaches to compliance.

Liquidity risk premium and asset pricing in US water transportation (2013)
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Panayides, P., Lambertides, N., & Cullinane, K. (2013). Liquidity risk premium and asset pricing in US water transportation. Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review, 52, 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2012.11.007

The water transportation of freight has been one of the most important sectors in facilitating international trade and contributing to the growth of the world economy. Bearing in mind the importance of the relation between asset returns and liquidity... Read More about Liquidity risk premium and asset pricing in US water transportation.

The impact of airport and seaport privatization on efficiency and performance: a review of the international evidence and implications for developing countries. (2012)
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Gong, S. X. H., Cullinane, K., & Firth, M. (2012). The impact of airport and seaport privatization on efficiency and performance: a review of the international evidence and implications for developing countries. Transport Policy, 24, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.06.020

This article provides a synthesis of the international evidence with respect to the impact of privatization on the efficiency and performance of airports and seaports. The theoretical frameworks, particularly the arguments for potential efficiency ga... Read More about The impact of airport and seaport privatization on efficiency and performance: a review of the international evidence and implications for developing countries..

The role of a cap-and-trade market in reducing NOx and SOx emissions: Prospects and benefits for ships within the Northern European ECA (2012)
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Nikopoulou, Z., Cullinane, K., & Jensen, A. (2013). The role of a cap-and-trade market in reducing NOx and SOx emissions: Prospects and benefits for ships within the Northern European ECA. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 227(2), 136-154. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475090212459130

This article presents a financial evaluation of alternative approaches to the abatement of NOx and SOx emissions from ships operating within the emission control area (ECA) of Northern Europe. The objective of this article is to assess the financia... Read More about The role of a cap-and-trade market in reducing NOx and SOx emissions: Prospects and benefits for ships within the Northern European ECA.

A theoretical framework for the evaluation of competition between container terminal operators (2011)
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Yao, W. Y., Lam, J. S. L., & Cullinane, K. (2011). A theoretical framework for the evaluation of competition between container terminal operators. Singapore Economic Review, 56, 535-559. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590811004456

This paper presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the outcomes of potential competitive strategies and their expected payoffs for container terminal operators in the container handling industry. The framework is based on the integration of Bow... Read More about A theoretical framework for the evaluation of competition between container terminal operators.

Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay (2011)
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Lv, Y. C., Cullinane, K., & Lu, P. (2011). Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 97-98, 659-663. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.97-98.659

Container handling in the ports of the Bohai Bay region is analyzed from the perspective of the competitiveness of the Port of Qingdao. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is applied to this problem based on the main factors affecting the com... Read More about Developing a competitive strategy for the port of Qingdao: an application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to ports in Bohai Bay.

Development of air transport industry in the Asia-Pacific region. (2011)
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Cullinane, K., Firth, M., Fung, M. K. Y., Gong, S. X. H., Law, J. S., & Zhang, A. (2011). Development of air transport industry in the Asia-Pacific region. Pacific Economic Review, 16, 42-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0106.2010.00533.x

The volume of air passengers and cargo in the Asia-Pacific region has grown significantly over the past decade due to the strong impetus of economic growth as well as trade and economic integration at both the regional and global levels. Although pub... Read More about Development of air transport industry in the Asia-Pacific region..

The impact of an emerging port on the carbon dioxide emissions of inland container transport: An empirical study of Taipei port (2010)
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Liao, C., Tseng, P., Cullinane, K., & Lu, C. (2010). The impact of an emerging port on the carbon dioxide emissions of inland container transport: An empirical study of Taipei port. Energy Policy, 38(9), 5251-5257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.018

This study analyzes the changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from the movement of containers from established ports through the emerging port of Taipei in Northern Taiwan. An activity-based emissions model is used to estimate the CO2 e... Read More about The impact of an emerging port on the carbon dioxide emissions of inland container transport: An empirical study of Taipei port.

The efficiency analysis of container port production using DEA panel data approaches (2010)
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Cullinane, K., & Wang, T. (2010). The efficiency analysis of container port production using DEA panel data approaches. OR Spectrum, 32(3), 717-738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-010-0202-7

Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to container port production have been largely restricted to standard DEA models using cross-sectional data. The efficiency results derived may be biased; for instance, as the result of random effects o... Read More about The efficiency analysis of container port production using DEA panel data approaches.

The best of the best from IAME 2009 (2010)
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Strandenes, S. P., Cullinane, K., Strandenes, S., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2010). The best of the best from IAME 2009. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 12(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1057/mel.2009.16

Item is guest editorial. Special issue of Maritime Economics & Logistics with papers selected from the 2009 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Copenhagen June 2009

Beyond policy and process: maritime research and education (2009)
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Cullinane, K., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2009). Beyond policy and process: maritime research and education. Public service review. European science & technology,

Europe has traditionally been the fulcrum of the world's maritime activity. In recent years, however, the maritime industry has experienced significant structural change, brought about by operational and technological developments that have led to a... Read More about Beyond policy and process: maritime research and education.

International oligopoly and stock market linkages: The case of global airlines (2008)
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Gong, S. X. H., Firth, M., & Cullinane, K. (2008). International oligopoly and stock market linkages: The case of global airlines. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 44, 621-636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2007.05.008

This paper investigates the effect of oligopolistic rivalry on spillovers in financial reporting. Using an event study methodology and focusing on global airlines, we find that firms experience discernable abnormal stock price reactions at the announ... Read More about International oligopoly and stock market linkages: The case of global airlines.

The impact of governance development models on urban rail efficiency (2008)
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Jain, P., Cullinane, S., & Cullinane, K. (2008). The impact of governance development models on urban rail efficiency. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42, 1238-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2008.03.012

Influenced by the twin forces of globalization and urbanization, many cities are developing urban rail transit systems (URTS). The policies and ownership structures within which they are developed have a profound impact upon their efficiency. This pa... Read More about The impact of governance development models on urban rail efficiency.

The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry (2005)
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Wang, T., Cullinane, K., Ji, P., & Wang, T. (2005). The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry. Journal of Economics and Business, 57(5), 433-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2005.02.007

A major objective of port privatization is to improve the efficiency of the sector. This paper presents the pros and cons of port privatization and provides an empirical examination of the relationship between privatization and relative efficiency wi... Read More about The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry.

The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency (2005)
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Cullinane, K., Song, D., & Wang, T. (2005). The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 24(1), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-005-3041-9

Container terminal production is both an important and complicated element in the contemporary global economy. This paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of the world’s most important container ports and terminals using the two alternative techniques... Read More about The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency.