Performance assessment of UK airports: Evidence from a Bayesian dynamic frontier model

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-615

  Assaf, A George ^a   Gillen, David ^b   Barros, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Economic regulation; Efficiency; Governance form; Semi parametric Bayesian approach; UK airports

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PUBLIC POLICY;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; COST-EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC REGULATIONS; GOVERNANCE FORMS; PAPER ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEMI-PARAMETRIC BAYESIAN APPROACH; SEMIPARAMETRIC; UK AIRPORTS;

EFFICIENCY;

AIRPORT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84155191070     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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