Efficiency and patterns of service mix in airport companies: An input distance function approach

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 693-708

  Abrate, Graziano ^a,b   Erbetta, Fabrizio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Higher Education and Research on Mobility and the Economics of Public Services   (Italy)

^c Ceris CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airport industry; Cost complementarities; Efficiency measurement; Input distance function; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; COST FUNCTIONS; EFFICIENCY; OUTSOURCING;

AIRPORT COMPANY; AIRPORT INDUSTRY; COST COMPLEMENTARITY; COST-FUNCTION; EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTIC; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FUNCTION APPROACHES; INPUT DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COSTS;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; OUTSOURCING; SERVICE SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 77952673266     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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