We develop a two-stage formulation to estimate seaport performance and to understand the drivers of efficiency, which could potentially include specialization, ownership, competition and tariff regulation. The first-stage non-parametric, slacks-based measure estimates the technical efficiency of...

Plans for the development of high speed railways lines (HSR) in Spain are widespread. At the beginning of 2010 four HSR lines were operating in routes where the air transport mode used to be dominant. In this paper we examine through econometric means the air carriers' reaction to these HSR...

London is one of the world's most popular destinations and visitors contribute approximately £14.9 billion of expenditure to the city every year. Its tourism and events sectors are growing and over the last few years London has received more visitors than ever before. However, detailed accounts...

This paper develops a methodology to assess transport infrastructure investments and their effects on a Nash equilibria taking into account competition between multiple privatized transport operator types. The operators, including high-speed rail, hub and spoke legacy airlines and low cost...

This paper outlines some first results from a study on the technical efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) of 17 international airports in Germany. The analysis was undertaken with panel data from 1998 - 2002. According to the Malmquist-DEA the performance at nearly every airport...

Expanding airports is a topic which can easily make it to the first page of the national press. But this is highly unlikely as 'bad news' is 'good news' and most often failures and scandals make it to the front page. Berlin airport or the on-going failure to open up a nearly-complete new airport...

In dieser Studie äußern wir uns als Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler zu drängenden Fragen der Bremischen Wirtschaftspolitik - unabhängig von Interessengruppen oder politischen Parteien. Wir äußern uns allerdings bewusst in einer politisierten Zeit: Am 10. Mai 2015 wird die...

The heated debate on the regulatory framework for airports has highlighted the importance of creating good institutions for air transport in general. This paper defines the concept of effective regulatory institutions for air transport. It also describes the value chain for air transport and how...