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

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 Allgäu in the Bavarian Alps. A synthetic control approach is used to show that the new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu 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.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Doerr, Luisa ; Dorn, Florian ; Gaebler, Stefanie ; Potrafke, Niklas
Published in:	Regional Studies. - London : Routledge, ISSN 1360-0591. - Vol. 54.2020, 10, p. 1402-1412
Publisher:	London : Routledge
Subject:	airports \| tourism \| regional development \| transportation infrastructure \| synthetic control method

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1080/00343404.2020.1714022 [DOI] hdl:10419/224973 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:espost:224973 [RePEc]
Classification:	L93 - Air Transportation ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses ; z38
Source:	EconStor

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