Joint impact of competition, ownership form and economic regulation on airport performance and pricing

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-109

  Adler, Nicole ^a,b   Liebert, Vanessa ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airport efficiency; Competition; Data envelopment analysis; Ownership form; Pricing; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT; COMPETITIVE FORCES; COST EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC REGULATIONS; MIXED OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE AIRPORTS; PUBLIC AIRPORTS; REGULATION;

COSTS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84898967962     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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