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THE ECONOMICS OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS

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ADVANCES IN AIRLINE ECONOMICS

Series Editor: James H. Peoples

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ADVANCES IN AIRLINE ECONOMICS VOLUME 6

THE ECONOMICS OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS

EDITED BY

JOHN D. BITZAN

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

JAMES H. PEOPLES

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA

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ISBN: 978-1-78714-498-9 (Print)

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ISSN: 2212-1609 (Series)

List of Contributors

Editorial Members

SERIES EDITOR

• James H. Peoples

  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

• John Bitzan

  North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

• Kevin Cullinane

  University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

• Xiaowen Fu

  The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

BOARD OF EDITORS

• Volodymyr Bilotkach

  Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

• Jan K. Brueckner

  University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

• Martin Dresner

  University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA

• David Gillen

  University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Timothy J. Hazledine

  University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

• Marc Ivaldi

  Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Toulouse, France

• Theodore E. Keeler

  University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA

• B. Starr McMullen

  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

• Steven Morrison

  Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

• Claudio Piga

  Keele University, Staffordshire, UK

• Nicholas G. Rupp

  East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

• Ian Savage

  Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

• Wayne Talley

  Old Dominion University, Economics Norfolk, VA, USA

• Wesley W. Wilson

  University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

About the Editors

John D. Bitzan is Professor of Management at North Dakota State University. Over a 25 year period, he has performed research related to a variety of transportation issues, including costs, energy, intermodal competition, investment, industry structure, pricing, profitability, and regulation. Moreover, his research has examined a variety of modes, including air, motor, public transit, rail, and water carriers. He has performed research for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (as an independent reviewer), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration. He is Associate Editor of Advances in Airline Economics and of the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.

James H. Peoples is Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His current research interests include analysis of production efficiency for different modes of freight transportation. He has served as president of the National Economic Association and president of the Transportation and Public Utilities Group. He currently serves as series editor of Advances in Airline Economics. Other editorial responsibilities include serving as editorial board member of Transport Policy, as well as editorial board member of Open Economics. He previously served as associate editor of the Review of Black Political Economy.