The cost efficiency of Australian airports post privatisation: A Bayesian methodology

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Assaf, A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airports; Australia; Bayesian; Privatisation; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CAPITAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; PRIVATIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70449721893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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