Determinants of airport cost flexibility in a context of economic recession

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-84

  Martín, Juan Carlos ^a   Rodríguez Déniz, Héctor ^a   Voltes Dorta, Augusto ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airport cost function; Cost flexibility; Outsourcing; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; OPERATING COSTS; OUTSOURCING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AIR CARGO; AIR TRAVELS; AIRPORT COST FUNCTION; COST FLEXIBILITY; COST-FUNCTION; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GLOBAL DEMAND; LOW-COSTS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER;

COST FUNCTIONS;

AIRPORT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; OUTSOURCING; OWNERSHIP; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84880329681     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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