Liberalisation and efficiency in international air transport

This paper sets out to compare the economic and technical efficiency of international air transport companies, within the new liberalisation framework that characterises the period of 1996–2000. For this purpose, two stochastic frontiers are estimated, one for cost function, the other for production...

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Published in:Transportation research. Part A, Policy and practice Policy and practice, 2006-02, Vol.40 (2), p.95-105
Main Authors: Inglada, Vicente, Rey, Belen, Rodríguez-Alvarez, Ana, Coto-Millan, Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air transport
Air transportation and traffic
Applied sciences
Deregulation
Efficiency
Exact sciences and technology
Ground, air and sea transportation, marine construction
Stochastic frontier
Transportation planning, management and economics
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Summary:This paper sets out to compare the economic and technical efficiency of international air transport companies, within the new liberalisation framework that characterises the period of 1996–2000. For this purpose, two stochastic frontiers are estimated, one for cost function, the other for production function. From these estimations we obtain indexes for, respectively, economic and technical efficiency. Our evidence suggests that the benefits of increasing competition in terms of efficiency, is being large for the Asian companies.
ISSN:0965-8564
1879-2375
DOI:10.1016/j.tra.2005.04.006