The Finance and Economics for Air Transportation (FEAT) Lab advances research in the finance and economics of air transportation with the goal of fostering more efficient, productive, and accessible air transportation markets.

As part of Purdue University's School of Aviation and Transportation Technology (SATT) community, FEAT Lab examines the economic forces, technologies, and market structures shaping airlines, airports, air cargo, and emerging transportation systems.

Research Focus

1. Efficiency & Productivity:
   Analyzing operational performance, productivity, efficiency, and resource utilization across air transportation systems.
2. Aviation Economics & Finance:
   Investigating costs, revenues, financial performance, investment, and economic decision-making in aviation markets.
3. Spatial Analysis:
   Examining spatial relationships, geographic interactions, and network effects across airports and air transportation markets.
4. Artificial Intelligence & Workforce:
   Examining how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies affect labor, skills, productivity, and economic performance.
5. Market Structure & Accessibility:
   Studying market structure, competition, regulation, and accessibility within air transportation markets.
6. Air Cargo Economics:
   Investigating air cargo markets, freight flows, logistics, infrastructure, and supply-chain performance.
7. Space Economy:
   Exploring the economics, market development, productivity, and evolving commercial structure of the space economy.

Quantitative Methods & Analytical Frameworks:

1. Frontier Analysis
2. Spatial Econometrics
3. Discrete Choice Models
4. Cost & Production Modeling
5. Financial Analysis
6. Machine Learning