Estimating technical efficiencies of airports in the Greater China: Stochastic output distance function method vs. Data envelopment analysis method

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-299

  Chow, Clement Kong Wing ^a,b   Fung, Michael Ka Yiu ^b   Law, Japhet Sebastian ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; DEA method; Stochastic output distance function; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251515758     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2010.033510     Document Type: Article

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