Size versus efficiency: A case study of US commercial airports

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Bazargan, Massoud ^a   Vasigh, Bijan ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airports; Benchmarking; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038309603     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(02)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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