Time for carbon neutrality and other emission reduction measures at European airports

Autor: Eva Hagsten, Martin Falk
Přispěvatelé: Hagfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Economics (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE)
ISSN: 1099-0836
0964-4733
1448-1464
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2444
Popis: Publisher's version (útgefin grein)
Since 2009, one out of five European airports participate in carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction programmes, although only 8% of them are certified as CO2 neutral. This study aims to examine empirically internal as well as external factors of importance for airport participation in emission reduction programmes at different levels of involvement. Estimates of the Cox proportional hazard model based on almost 600 airports for the period 2009 to 2017 reveal that the likelihood and timing of participation increase with the size of the airport (number of passengers), independent of level of commitment. Performance (growth in number of passengers) and if the airport is part of a group are crucial for the advanced levels of the programme. Environmental progress at the country level is also a significant predictor, most distinctly represented by renewable electricity generation, whereas airports serving as hubs for low-cost airlines are less likely to enter the carbon reduction programmes.
The authors would like to thank the participants of the TomSust workshop in Brunico in 2018, the ISWG‐Workshop “Empirical Economics” in 2019, the German speaking section of regional economics association in Matrei 2019, the annual conference of the Austrian Economic Association in Graz, the EAERE 2019 in Manchester and the Aviation Management and Economics Conference in Vienna 2019 for helpful comments. The study received the best paper award at the ICTDT conference in Rome, in October 2019. Specifically, we would like to thank Roger von Haefen, Scott McCabe, Georg Hirte, Gunter Maier, Dieter Pennerstorfer, Michael Pfaffermayr, Nora Schindler and Karl Steininger for their helpful suggestions. Tess Landon is gratefully acknowledged for proof reading of the manuscript.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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