Regional development and airport productivity in China
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
Airline efficiency
Publication Date
2016
First Page
283
Last Page
316
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Keywords
Meta-frontier, technical efficiency, regional disparity and development
Abstract
This chapter studies the technical efficiencies of Chinese airports by using a meta-frontier production function model which accounts for airports in different regions accessing different technologies. Our empirical results show that the technical efficiency scores of airports and provincial output in the coastal region are higher than their counterparts in the inland region. However, the technical efficiency scores of airports and provincial output in inland region are steadily increasing while the counterparts of airports and provincial output in coastal region are slowly declining. In addition, our analysis of provincial efficiency changes shows that airport productivity has a positive and statistically significant effect on the technical changes of provincial output. Our results partially confirm the success of the government policy of promoting airport construction and development in the western inland region.
DOI
10.1108/S2212-160920160000005011
Publisher Statement
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Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9781785609404
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chow, C. K. W., Fung, M. K. Y., & Law, J. S. (2016). Regional development and airport productivity in China. In J. D. Bitzan, J. H. Peoples & W. W. Wilson (Eds.), Airline efficiency (pp.283-316). doi: 10.1108/S2212-160920160000005011