The measurement of efficiency of UK airports, using a stochastic latent class frontier model

Transport Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-498

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449509376     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640802525418     Document Type: Article

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