Productivity changes in Chinese airports 1995-2004

Michael Ka Yiu Fung, Ken Kai Hong Wan, Yer Van Hui and Japhet Sebastian Law

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2008, vol. 44, issue 3, 521-542

Abstract: This paper reports a study of the patterns of productivity changes in 25 regional airports in China during the period 1995-2004. We found the average annual growth in airport productivity to be above 3%. By the decomposition of the Malmquist index, we identified the major source of productivity growth to be technical progress, rather than an improvement in efficiency. The kernel smoothing method revealed a trend of disparate productivity among the airports that was due to the polarization of efficiency. Our results imply that reform policies should focus on non-hub airports, non-listed airports, and airports in the northeast region if more balanced development is to be achieved.

Keywords: Chinese; airports; Efficiency; Productivity; changes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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