Container Ship Investment Decisions between Newbuildings and Second-hand Vessels

Jiaqi Xie

《Frontiers in Economics and Management》 2卷7期 (2021/07) Pp. 64-68

https://doi.org/10.6981/FEM.202107_2(7).0010

摘要

The shipping industry is one of the most capital-intensive industries in the world. Ship investment choice is an important decision for container shipping companies. Using a dataset compiled from Clarkson Research Services Limited, this study analyzes individual shipowners' ship choice decisions between newbuildings and second-hand vessels through binary logistic regression. Different factors have different impacts on shipping companies' ship choice behavior.

關鍵字

Containership ； Ship Investment ； Ship Choice ； Binary Logistic Regression

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