A comparative analysis of productivity change in Italian and Portuguese airports

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Peypoch, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47049129937     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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