RETRACTED: Competitiveness Evaluation of West Africa Coastal Countries Ports: Structure Conduct Performance Approch

Brou Mathias Allate

School of Economic and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2018.89029                

Abstract

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Keywords

Port Competitiveness, West Africa Coastal Countries, Structure Conduct Performance, Industrial Organization, K-Firm Concentration Ratio, Hirshman-Herfindahl Index, Gini Coefficient, Shannon Entropy Index, Shift-Share Analysis

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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