Measuring the technical efficiency of Tunisian commercial ports

Mesure de l’efficacité technique des ports de commerce tunisiens

Foued Aloulou and Olfa Chebli
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Foued Aloulou: Université de Sousse Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion de Sousse
Olfa Chebli: Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sousse, Université de Sousse, Tunisia

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Abstract: The objective of this work is to assess the performance of the 6 Tunisian commercial ports during the period 2003-2021 and to explain the causes of their efficiency gaps. The methodology used is two-step data envelopment analysis (DEA). In the first step, we used the classic DEA model in its two versions CRS and VRS under an input orientation, to calculate the technical and scale efficiency score of each port throughout the study period. In the second step, these efficiency scores were regressed on non-discretionary variables using a Tobit model. The results show that inefficiency can be explained by other exogenous factors that characterize the geographic and economic environment in which the ports prevail.

Keywords: Technical and scale efficiency; Tobit regression; Tunisian commercial ports; Port performance; Régression Tobit; Ports de commerce tunisiens; Performance portuaire; Efficacité d’échelle; Efficacité technique; Data envelopment analysis DEA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-02-26
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Published in European Review of Service Economics and Management, 2025, 2024-2 (18), pp.155-185. ⟨10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-17937-5.p.0155⟩

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DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-17937-5.p.0155

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