Effects of competition and policy changes on Chinese airport productivity: An empirical investigation

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Chi Lok, Andrew Yuen ^a   Zhang, Anming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airport; Competition; DEA; Efficiency; Localization; Malmquist index

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY REFORM; STOCK MARKET; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349252382     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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