Technical efficiency, regulation and heterogeneity in Japanese airports

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-696

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

JAPAN;

EID: 78649508016     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2010.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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