Accounting for technological differences in modelling the performance of airports: A bayesian approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2267-2275

  Assaf, A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960791660     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840903101779     Document Type: Article

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