| Article ID: | iaor20131295 |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Issue: | 5-6 |
| Start Page Number: | 37 |
| End Page Number: | 52 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Journal: | Transportation Research Part E |
| Authors: | Martini Gianmaria, Manello Alessandro, Scotti Davide |
| Keywords: | airport operations, Italy, pollution, Statistics: bootstrap |
This paper analyses the efficiency of 33 Italian airports for the period 2005–2008. In addition to conventional outputs, differently from previous contributions, two environmental externalities are considered: noise and local air pollution. We perform a two‐stage analysis. First, we implement a directional distance function (DDF) model and get airports’ efficiency scores. Then, we study the factors affecting efficiency using a bootstrapping procedure. We find that the fleet mix significantly affects technical/environmental efficiency. Moreover, we provide evidence that public airports have higher efficiency scores. Last, LCCs have no effect on technical/environmental efficiency.