Efficiency Analysis and Target Setting of Spanish Airports

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-157

  Lozano, Sebastián ^a   Gutiérrez, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airport infrastructure; Airport operations; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Scenario analysis; Target setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956055816     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9096-1     Document Type: Article

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