[en] In this paper we measure technical efficiency and productivity gains in airline activities. Non-parametric frontiers and Malmquist indices of productivity are estimated for thirty-three airlines observed over the period 1977-1988. We identify three sources of growth: technological progress, efficiency change and route network characteristics. The results bring to light the reasons that pushed several airlines to merge when markets were deregulated.
Research Center/Unit :
CREPP - Centre de Recherche en Économie Publique et de la Population - ULiège
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics
Author, co-author :
Distexhe, Véronique
Perelman, Sergio ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Economie publique appliquée
Language :
English
Title :
Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in an Era of Deregulation: the Case of Airlines
Publication date :
1994
Journal title :
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik
ISSN :
0303-9692
Publisher :
Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel, Switzerland
Issue :
130
Pages :
669-689
Funders :
FRFC - Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective SPPS
