Efficiencies and scope economies of Chinese airports in moving passengers and cargo
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Journal of Air Transport Management
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Volume
15
Issue
6
First Page
324
Last Page
329
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Keywords
Technical efficiency, Stochastic input distance function, Scope economies
Abstract
The paper looks at the technical efficiency of Chinese airports using multi-output stochastic input distance function analysis. This method provides a statistical test of scope economies to investigate the contribution of air cargo transport to airport efficiency. Our findings confirm the presence of scope economies in air passenger and air cargo transport among airports in China. We compare and contrast these results with results obtained from single-output stochastic production frontier analysis in which the effect of scope economies is not included. Our results indicate that the presence of scope economies significantly affects the estimation of technical efficiency, thus implying different efficiency rankings among airports in China.
DOI
10.1016/j.jairtraman.2009.05.002
Print ISSN
09696997
E-ISSN
18732089
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Full-text Version
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chow, K. W. C., & Fung, K. Y. M. (2009). Efficiencies and scope economies of Chinese airports in moving passengers and cargo. Journal of Air Transport Management, 15(6), 324-329. doi: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2009.05.002