How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism: evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions

Sebastian Doerr, Florian Dorn, Stefanie Gaebler and Niklas Potrafke
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Stefanie Gäbler and Luisa Dörr

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper examines how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a military airbase into a regional commercial airport in the German state of Bavaria. The new airport opened in 2007 and promotes travelling to the touristic region of Allgau in the Bavarian Alps. A synthetic control approach is used to show that the new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgau region over the period 2008-16. The positive effect is especially pronounced in the county in which the airport is located. The results suggest that new transportation infrastructure promotes regional economic development.

Date: 2020
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Published in Regional Studies 10 54(2020): pp. 1402-1412

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