Assessing the wider economic benefits of air transport

Peter Forsyth

Transport Policy, 2021, vol. 104, issue C, A11-A18

Abstract: •This paper provides a systematic review of the growing research into the wider economic benefits, or WEBs, of air transport.•It analyses what constitutes a WEB, distinguishing them from related wider economic impacts (WEIs).•The paper provides a critical discussion of possible sources of WEBs and how WEBs might be evaluated.•The paper provides an overall review of the characteristics of suggested WEBs and ways of improving their measurement.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.06.007

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