Evidence on market structure of the deregulated US airline industry

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1083-1092

  Liu, Zinan ^a   Lynk, E L ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; DEREGULATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032734652     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323562     Document Type: Article

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