Small airports: Runways to regional economic growth?
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چکیده
Regions typically take great pride in having an airport within their boundaries. Policymakers go through lengths maintaining and sustaining airports, small as some of them may be. This support is often justified by pointing out the potential positive economic spin-off airport. study adds to body literature on role airports growth assessing link between air accessibility – with a focus smaller - regional development across European regions. We into account spatial heterogeneity well overlapping catchment areas. The data set consists strongly balanced panel 274 NUTS-2 regions spanning years 2000–2018. For most regions, contribution providing found be limited. Nevertheless, 2018, for 19% population covered provided mainly medium-sized 3% airports. long-run elasticity GDP per capita estimated at 0.106 stronger large (0.179) than (0.033) (0.022). Causality runs from accessibility, especially considering However, considerable exists nature this causal relationship, dense lagging levels benefiting accessibility.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Transport Geography
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0966-6923', '1873-1236']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103262