Productivity growth and biased technological change in Japanese airports

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Pestana Barros, Carlos ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b,c   Yoshida, Yuichiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airports; Japan; Policy implications; Productivity; Technological change

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

JAPAN;

EID: 77951204166     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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