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Regional Development and Airport Productivity in China

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  • Clement Kong Wing Chow
  • Michael Ka Yiu Fung
  • Japhet Sebastian Law

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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.

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  • Clement Kong Wing Chow & Michael Ka Yiu Fung & Japhet Sebastian Law, 2016. "Regional Development and Airport Productivity in China," Advances in Airline Economics, in: Airline Efficiency, volume 5, pages 283-316, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aiaezz:s2212-160920160000005011
    DOI: 10.1108/S2212-160920160000005011
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    1. Sergi, S. Bruno & D’Aleo, Vittorio & Arbolino, Roberta & Carlucci, Fabio & Barilla, David & Ioppolo, Giuseppe, 2020. "Evaluation of the Italian transport infrastructures: A technical and economic efficiency analysis," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    2. Chow, Clement Kong Wing & Tsui, Wai Hong Kan & Wu, Hanjun, 2021. "Airport subsidies and domestic inbound tourism in China," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).

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    Keywords

    Meta-frontier; technical efficiency; regional disparity and development; L93; O18; R48;
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    JEL classification:

    • L93 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Air Transportation
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy

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