Technical change and productivity growth in airports: A case study

This paper analyses the rate of technical progress at Portuguese airports between 1990 and 2000, using a stochastic cost frontier method. A translog frontier model is used and the maximum likelihood estimation technique is employed to estimate the empirical model. The authors estimate the efficient scores and disentangle the rate of technical progress into three components: pure technical progress, non-neutral technical progress and scale-augmenting technical progress. The results show that the average score is 88%, denoting a relatively high degree of waste, despite the fact that technical change contributed to a reduction in costs.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-4S0B2G6-2/1/45cd54f4b164ed5eb58be6b4fb071c11
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Barros, Carlos Pestana
• Publication Date: 2008-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 818-832
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Case studies; Costs; Mathematical models; Productivity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Progress; Technical issues
• Geographic Terms: Portugal
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103085
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:44AM