Influential factors in port infrastructure tariff formulation, implementation and revision

Yapa Bandara and Hong-Oanh Nguyen

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, vol. 85, issue C, 220-232

Abstract: The process of formulation, revision and approval of port infrastructure tariffs is complex and involves different stakeholders. The extant literature focuses more on port pricing research but pays less attention to the practice of port infrastructure tariff setting. This paper aims to identify and analyses the influential factors in the port infrastructure tariff formulation process using survey data collected from 67 port authorities. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is first conducted before confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is applied to analyse the latent factors underlying port infrastructure tariff setting. The analysis results suggested the four factors influential to infrastructure tariff practice, namely tariff policies, transparency, tariff regulation and stakeholder participation. The paper also presents the implications for port authorities, management and stakeholders.

Keywords: Port infrastructure tariffs; Tariff formulation; Tariff revision; Tariff implementation and factor analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.011

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