Airport quality and productivity changes: A Malmquist index decomposition assessment

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-75

  De Nicola, Arianna ^a   Gitto, Simone ^a   Mancuso, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airport quality; DEA; Malmquist; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT; AIRPORT QUALITY; DEA; DEA-MALMQUIST; MALMQUIST; MALMQUIST INDICES; PAPER ANALYSIS; PASSENGER WAITING TIME; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; QUALITY CHANGE;

AIRPORTS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84883029786     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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