Impact of undesirable outputs on the productivity of US airports

• Main Authors: Somchai Pathomsiri, Ali Haghani, Martin Dresner, Robert J. Windle
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting; Decision Sciences; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19031

The paper assesses productivity of 56 US airports during the period 2000-2003. Unlike past work, this study models joint production of both desirable and undesirable outputs (i.e., delays) using the non-parametric directional output distance function. Results are compared to those from models that d...