Table 3 Classification of Treatment and Control Groups (100 Ports) within LAC
Groups | Code | Description |
Treatment Ports (DTrp) | 1 | Treatment ports include transshipment ports and ports with annual throughputs of over a million TEUs. 500,000 ≤ TEUs ≤ 5,000,000. |
Control Ports (CONTp) | 0 | Control ports include regular ports (non-transshipment ports) within the regions with annual TEUs below 1 million. 20,000 ≤ TEUs ≤ 500,000. |
Time | Code | Description |
Post-Treatment Period (Postt) | 1 | The period after the PCE from 2016 to 2019. Condition: 2016 ≤ After ≤ 2019 |
|  | 0 | Period before the PCE from 2010 to 2016 Condition: 2010 ≤ Before ≤ 2016 a |