Accounting for size in efficiency comparisons of airports

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 256-258

  Assaf, A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic efficiency; Large airports; Metafrontier; Small airports

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRPORT; CAPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; MODELING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67949109337     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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