ANALYZING AIRPORT ECONOMIC BENEFITS

International lending institutions finance many highways and roads, railroads and seaports, but very few airports. There are numerous reasons for this situation, but this article focuses on the reason that the economics profession has not yet determined a methodology and approach that produces an acceptably rigorous economic evaluation for an airport.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bauverlag GmbH

  Wittelbacherstrasse 10
  6200 Wiesbaden,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • PRENTICE, E S
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • AIRPORT FORUM
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport operations; Analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Benefits; Economic analysis; Finance; Methodology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Analytical methods
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155715
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM