JAPANESE-AIRPORT BENCHMARKING WITH THE DEA AND THE ENDOGENOUS-WEIGHT TFP METHODS

As aviation demand increased constantly along with the rapid economic growth in and surrounding Japan, the Japanese government has promoted airport construction since 1950s. However, the change in the economic background has given rise to criticism toward the inefficient public investment, especially transportation infrastructure. In this trend, it has been argued that some of the small regional airports are indeed over-invested. This paper attempts to verify the validity of such criticism by statistically measuring the efficiency of Japanese airports and conducting comparative analysis. The results show that the regional airports in mainland Japan are less efficient than others, and that those airports constructed in the 1990s are relatively inefficient.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Nebraska, Omaha

  Aviation Institute, 60th and Dodge Street
  Omaha, NE  United States  68182-0508
• Authors:
  • Yoshida, Y
  • Fujimoto, H
• Conference:
  • Air Transport Research Society World Conference
  • Location: Toulouse, France
  • Date: 2003-7-10 to 2003-7-12
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Benchmarks; Economic analysis; Economic efficiency; Productivity; Regional transportation
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977986
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 2004 12:00AM