The dilemma between capacity expansions and multi-airport systems: Empirical evidence from the industry's cost function

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Martín, Juan Carlos ^a   Voltes Dorta, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airports' cost function; Multi airport system; Scale economies; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; ATOMIZATION; COST FUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AIR TRAFFICS; AIRPORT CAPACITY; AIRPORT' COST FUNCTION; CAPACITY EXPANSION; COST-FUNCTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTS; INDUSTRY COSTS; MULTI-AIRPORT SYSTEMS; SCALE ECONOMIES; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER;

OPERATING COSTS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; DATABASE; ECONOMY OF SCALE; PLANNING METHOD; PREDICTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 79251602603     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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