Efficiency of Italian and Norwegian airports: A matter of management or of the level of competition in remote regions?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-38

  Merkert, Rico ^a   Mangia, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Go Mobility srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airports; Competition; Cost efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis; Policy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST EFFICIENCY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; KEY DETERMINANTS; MILITARY USE; PAPER ANALYSIS; REGRESSION MODEL; REMOTE REGIONS; SURFACE TRANSPORT;

AIRPORTS;

AIRPORT; BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ITALY; NORWAY;

EID: 84897098046     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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