Capacity efficiency measurement using a three-stage DEA approach: Evidence from domestic airports in Taiwan

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-235

  Yu, Ming Miin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airports; Capacity efficiency; Taiwan; Three stage dea; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; AIRPORT CAPACITY; CAPACITY EFFICIENCY; DEA MODELS; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; DOMESTIC AIRPORTS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; RETURNS TO SCALE; STATISTICAL NOISE; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC NOISE; TAIWAN;

AIRPORT BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

AIRPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO SCALE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77951157821     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081061003643804     Document Type: Article

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