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

Doerr, Luisa; Dorn, Florian; Gaebler, Stefanie und Potrafke, Niklas (2020): How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism: evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions. In: Regional Studies, Bd. 54, Nr. 10: S. 1402-1412

Abstract

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

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• ISSN: 0034-3404
• Sprache: Englisch