Performance of European airports: Regulation, ownership and managerial efficiency

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Marques, Rui Cunha ^a   Barros, Carlos Pestana ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650560786     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850903409763     Document Type: Article

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