The impact of recession on airports' cost efficiency

Transport Policy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-222

  Voltes Dorta, Augusto ^a   Pagliarib, Romano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airport cost function; Costefficiency; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; FINANCE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866667689     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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