The technical efficiency of US Airlines

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-148

  Barros, Carlos P ^a,b   Liang, Qi Bin ^c   Peypoch, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UECE Research Unit on Complexity and Economics   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

B convexity; DEA; Efficiency; US airlines

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC POLICY;

B CONVEXITIES; CONVEX MODELING; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; US AIRLINES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MODELING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874573052     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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