Ownership forms matter for airport efficiency: A stochastic frontier investigation of worldwide airports

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 422-435

  Oum, Tae H ^a,b   Yan, Jia ^c,d   Yu, Chunyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airports; Bayesian approach; Ownership forms; Stochastic frontier; Translog cost system

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249118497     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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