The Regional Economic Effects of Commercial Passenger Air Service at Small Airports
Warren, Drake Edward
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Description
Title
The Regional Economic Effects of Commercial Passenger Air Service at Small Airports
Author(s)
Warren, Drake Edward
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Isserman, Andrew M.
Department of Study
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Discipline
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Urban and Regional Planning
Language
eng
Abstract
I improve existing methods of regional analysis to achieve a rigorous understanding of the interaction between airport policies and regional economies. I use Self-Organizing Maps, an artificial neural network, to explore data and assess the feasibility of using matched control groups to balance variables across treatment and control groups. I modify Genetic Matching methods to create control groups balanced on a large number of variables and use quasi-experimental differences-in-differences models to examine how the economic effects of commercial passenger airports vary across counties. I find evidence that commercial passenger service has positive economic effects to the local economy, and smaller spillover effects to the larger region. Economic effects of higher quality service appear stronger, and these effects are dependent on the attributes of counties. The results support the hypothesis that a lack of regional coordination by policymakers creates suboptimal funding decisions.
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